OVERVIEW
BACKGROUND
THE REVIEW
FINAL THOUGHTS
Featured in TIFF 2025 Ranked
- 1. Sentimental Value
- 2. Hamnet
- 3. Blue Moon
- 4. Sirāt
- 5. The Testament of Ann Lee
- 51. The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho crafts a fascinating parallel between an ordinary man under dictatorship and the life of a secret agent, but at 2h40m his indulgent style proves both the film’s strength and its weakness, leaving it frustratingly inaccessible and exhausting.
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho crafts a fascinating parallel between an ordinary man under dictatorship and the life of a secret agent, but at 2h40m his indulgent style proves both the film’s strength and its weakness, leaving it frustratingly inaccessible and exhausting.