The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.

16+ 2025 · 161 min · ★ 7.2 · Thriller, Drama, Crime

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · Written by Kleber Mendonça Filho

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