'The Secret Agent' Review: This Captivating, Intense Historical Thriller Is One of This Year's Best Movies

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, starring an incredible Wagner Moura, is strange, exciting, and captivating in equal measure.
The Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Mubi Buys Wagner Moura-Starring ‘The Secret Agent’ for U.K., India, Most of Latin America

The movie from writer and director Kleber Mendonça Filho premiered in the Cannes Film Festival competition lineup Sunday and has drawn rave reviews. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Secret ...
TheWrap

‘The Secret Agent’ Review: ’70s Brazilian Romp Includes Wagner Moura and a Rampaging Severed Leg

The opening credits to director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” set the scene as Brazil, 1977, and then add, “a period of great mischief.” And that might be an appropriate capsule ...
IndieWire

For Wagner Moura and His Director, Brazil’s Oscar Entry ‘The Secret Agent’ Wasn’t Supposed to Be Political — Until It Was

Cannes winners Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura dig into their '70s portrait of an ordinary man targeted by the Brazilian dictatorship. The film is resonating with Academy voters. The 2026 ...
IndieWire

‘The Secret Agent’ Teaser: Wagner Moura Steps Into a ‘Dangerous Situation’ in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Acclaimed Thriller

Neon acquired the Cannes winner for Best Actor and Best Director and is releasing it in theaters in November after a fall festival run. Wagner Moura‘s character in “The Secret Agent” is not a “violent ...