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.
🏆 Golden Globe Winner: Best Actor (Wagner Moura) and Best Non-English Language Motion Picture.
SHOWTIMES
JAN 7 | WED
6:00 p.m.
JAN 8 | THU
6:00 p.m.
JAN 9 | FRI
6:00 p.m.
JAN 10 | SAT
4:15, 7:30 p.m.
JAN 11 | SUN
3:30, 6:40 p.m.
JAN 12 | MON
6:00 p.m.
JAN 13 | TUE
6:00 p.m.
JAN 14 | WED
6:00 p.m.
JAN 15 | THU
6:00 p.m.
JAN 16 | FRI
6:00 p.m.
JAN 17 | SAT
12:15, 3:25, 6:35 p.m.
JAN 18 | SUN
3:25, 6:35 p.m
JAN 19 | MON
6:00 p.m.
JAN 20 | TUE
6:00 p.m.
JAN 21 | WED
6:00 p.m.
JAN 22 | THU
6:00 p.m.
SYNOPSIS
Amid the raucous revelry of Carnival week, a widower named Marcelo (Wagner Moura) arrives in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, a city as vibrant as it is violent. A technology researcher who suddenly finds himself an unwitting target in the heart of the dictatorship’s political maelstrom, Marcelo is a man on the run from mercenary killers, from ghosts of the past and from the ruthless, mischievously militant spirit of Brazil in 1977. In the midst of these mounting threats, Marcelo, with the help of a mysterious woman named Elza and her compatriots in the country’s growing underground resistance, remains primarily focused on escaping Brazil with his young son.
Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho teams up with renowned actor Wagner Moura – giving an extraordinary, career-defining performance – to craft a thrillingly unpredictable, playfully shape-shifting epic steeped in history even as it feels remarkably contemporary, paying affectionate tribute to the movies of Filho’s youth while unfolding against the backdrop of political turmoil and palpable danger.
Director
WITH
Run Time
2 hours, 38 minutes
Released
November 26, 2025
Distributed by
Neon
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitles / Open Captions
Country
Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
LANGUAGE
Portuguese with English Subtitles
RATED R
for strong bloody violence, sexual content, language, and some full nudity
REVIEWS
“The Secret Agent is vicious and vivid in its sense of place and danger. But it also has a streak of weirdness and offers a very human take on the political-crime thriller genre.”
“Moments of anarchic humor amid genuine suspense are exactly the kind of thing that makes Kleber Mendonça Filho’s fourth narrative feature such a thrilling original.”
“A sweat-saturated riot of a movie: a dual-timeline thriller powered by the kind of anarchic, erratic energy that you would expect to find at the end of a two day bender.”