Overview

• Kleber Mendonça Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent’ is competing in Cannes’ main competition, his third time at the prestigious festival.
• Wagner Moura stars as Marcelo, a fugitive tech expert navigating Recife during Brazil’s 1977 military dictatorship to reunite with his son.
• The film employs a dual-timeline structure, juxtaposing ’70s Recife with a present-day coda involving researchers uncovering archival recordings.
• Notable for its oversaturated 1970s cinematography and homages to genre directors, the film blends thriller, horror, and drama elements.
• A multinational co-production, the film has drawn early attention for its unconventional narrative and exploration of memory and resistance.