The Secret Agent

2025 · directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

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.

The Secret Agent (2025), directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Wagner Moura
  • Alice Carvalho
  • Gabriel Leone
  • Isabél Zuaa
  • Maria Fernanda Cândido
  • Udo Kier
  • Robson Andrade
  • Rubens Santos
  • Licínio Januário
  • Joálisson Cunha

Crew

  • Evgenia Alexandrova — Director of Photography
  • Eduardo Serrano — Editor
  • Matheus Farias — Editor
  • Mateus Alves — Original Music Composer
  • Tomaz Alves de Souza — Original Music Composer
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho — Writer

More from Kleber Mendonça Filho

  1. Pictures of Ghosts (2023) — 87/100 · hit
  2. Aquarius (2016) — 81/100 · hit
  3. Bacurau (2019) — 80/100 · hit
  4. Neighboring Sounds (2012) — 76/100

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