The Secret Agent
Watch the trailer 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.
Awards & Nominations: Best Director – Cannes Film Festival Kleber Mendonça Filho; Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Wagner Moura; FIPRESCI Prize – Cannes Film Festival; Art House Cinema Award – Cannes Film Festival; Best Foreign Language Film – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards; Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Awards; Best International Film – Critics’ Choice Awards; Best Cinematography – Stockholm Film Festival; Award for International Cinema – Jerusalem Film Festival; Premio del Jurado de Ficción – Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP; People’s Choice Award – Pingyao International Film Festival; UNAM Film Library Medal – Florida Film Critics Circle; International Spotlight Award – Middleburg Film Festival; Hollywood Reporter Award – Film Festival Cologne.
→ The film on IMDb