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The Secret Agent

2025 · film · BR, FR, DE, NL, AR

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Directed by: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Starring: Wagner Moura, Alice Carvalho, Gabriel Leone, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Udo Kier

Runtime: 161 min

Why it mattersAI-assisted

This film is about a man on the run. It was directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.

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  1. synopsis — 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.
  2. credit — Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Synopsis

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.

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