The Secret Agent (2025)Kleber Mendonça FilhoThriller / Drama
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The Secret Agent

2.5/5

An Ambitious but Distant Portrait of 1970s Brazil

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.

Jump to review Review by Saulo Ferreira • May 21, 2025 • 1 min read
Directed byKleber Mendonça Filho
Release dateOct 31, 2025
Runtime2h 41m
Where to watchMubi

An Ambitious but Distant Portrait of 1970s Brazil

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2.5/5
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Where to watch
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Where to watch
Netflix
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Film details
Original title
O Agente Secreto
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Genre
Thriller, Drama, Crime
Cast
Wagner Moura, Alice Carvalho, Gabriel Leone, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Udo Kier, Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos
Rated
14A
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Screenwriter
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Composer
Mateus Alves, Tomaz Alves de Souza
Cinematography
Evgenia Alexandrova
Editor
Eduardo Serrano, Matheus Farias
Country
Language
Portuguese
Budget
$5 million
Box office
$18.988 million
Distributor (CA)
Elevation Pictures

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