- Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast: Wagner Maura, Carlos Francisco
- Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
- Year: 2025
- Duration: 161min
- Certificate: 15
- Type: Film
It’s carnival week in 1977 Brazil and Marcelo, a widower on the run, arrives in the seaside city of Recife hoping to reunite with his son. He finds refuge in a resistance commune run by an impossibly charismatic 70-year-old woman, but chaos soon catches up with him, in this ridiculously entertaining political thriller starring an Oscar-nominated Wagner Moura.
Our screenings on Fri 20 Feb are presented by the Brazilian Cultural Centre, Broadway’s Liz Gomes & Sanaa Masud, and will both feature introductions. We'll also have Brigadeiro (chocolate dessert balls) and Churrasco de Frango (chicken skewers) available to buy in our Café Bar, and a DJ playing Brazilian music from 6pm.
Please note, there will be no ads or trailers ahead of the Fri 20 Feb screenings.
In celebration of The Secret Agent’s 4 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best International Film.