If you’ve seen Wagner Moura show up in the likes of ‘Narcos,’ last year’s terrifying look at an riven America, ‘Civil War’ or any number of projects where he steals scenes in supporting roles, ‘The ...

Armando Solimões, the mournful-eyed central character played by Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent, isn’t a government operative, despite the title of the film. He also isn’t undercover, exactly, though ...

The film by "Bacurau" auteur Kleber Mendonça Filho won the most major prizes of any movie at Cannes. Brazilian auteur Kleber Mendonça Filho dazzled cinephiles with 2016’s “Aquarius” and 2019’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even the housecat is two-faced in The Secret Agent, a culmination of career-long fascinations for Brazilian writer-director Kleber ...

At its best, spy cinema is one of the most engrossing and intense spectacles film has to offer. Whether it is in the form of the action-packed bombast and big set-piece splendor of the genre’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHOTO OF Wagner Moura at a phone booth. (photo credit: Victor Juca) An opening title says that the film takes place in Brazil in ...

Catching up on all of the Best Picture movies nominated for the 2026 Oscars just got a little easier, because the Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent, is now available to buy and rent ...

For a film that — on the surface — is about political dissidents and authoritarianism, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” spends a lot of time at the movies. Which makes sense because this ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — “The Secret Agent,” a Brazilian feature shortlisted for the Oscars, is all about ordinary people. It follows an unassuming scientist and widowed father who becomes a target of ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...

At IFFR, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Spanish director Carla Simón also laud work with non-professional actors and the authenticity of kids on set, except for some influencer-ish and agency children. By ...

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” opens with a curious warning. “Our story is set in the Brazil of 1977,” white text reads as a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pulls into a gas ...