‘The Secret Agent’: Kleber Mendonça Filho on Oscar buzz, zombie legs, and why Wagner Moura is a modern Cary Grant

The Brazilian filmmaker discusses his 1977 Recife thriller, political censorship, and cinematic influences—from Alfred ...
Houston Chronicle

Review: Brazilian film 'The Secret Agent' is a sweaty, tropical trip into a brutal past

You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it ...
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'The Secret Agent' review: Kleber Mendonça Filho's political crime thriller is a must-see

Aquarius and Bacurau director Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent weaves a complex, time-jumping political crime thriller, focusing on one man's experience of persecution. Mainly set in the late ...
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'The Secret Agent' is a daring new awards darling

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s paranoid thriller “The Secret Agent” is another strong contender for an Oscar, writes Tribune film critic James Owen.