The Secret Agent

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.

Cast

Wagner Moura

as Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves / Adult Fernando Solimões

Tânia Maria

as Dona Sebastiana

Alice Carvalho

as Fátima

Maria Fernanda Cândido

as Elza / Sara Guébert

Gabriel Leone

as Bobbi Borba

Udo Kier

as Hans

Carlos Francisco

as Seu Alexandre

Thomás Aquino

as Valdemar

Hermila Guedes

as Claudia

Robério Diógenes

as Euclides Cavalcante

Reviews

Brent Marchant

The key to making a successful political thriller is to maintain a taught sense of mesmerizing, edge-of-the-seat intrigue. Unfortunately, that’s precisely the element that’s missing in this overlong, annoyingly convoluted tale set in 1977 Brazil during the waning days of its military dictatorship. T...

Chandler Danier

This film looks great. Brazil is such a cool place. I want to go live in this time...but as a rich white guy visiting who doesn't have to deal with the apparent horrors. Perhaps we could do a The Secret Agent 2 starring me. I'd probably have to duck while using the phone booth. I crouch well. ...

CinemaSerf

First things first: if you’re expecting something from “U.N.C.L.E.” via Ian Fleming then you are probably going to be disappointed. This isn’t that kind of drama. Instead, it follows three characters portrayed by Wagner Moura who have to navigate a series of political intrigues that begin in 1970s B...

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