The success of Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent - which caused a splash in Cannes last year and has been making waves ever since - marks an extraordinary chapter in the history of Brazilian ...

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Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins us to discuss his Oscar-nominated film, The Secret Agent, and the history that inspired it. The film is set in the northern Brazilian city of Recife in ...

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For a film that — on the surface — is about political dissidents and authoritarianism, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” spends a lot of time at the movies. Which makes sense because this ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest is proving to be an awards season juggernaut. “The Secret Agent” won the Non-English Language Film Award at the Golden Globes on January 11, in a major indicator for ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PHOTO OF Wagner Moura at a phone booth. (photo credit: Victor Juca) An opening title says that the film takes place in Brazil in ...

Tom Quinn's indie outfit — home of last year's surprise best picture winner 'Anora' - is back at the Oscars this year with a fleet of non-English-language films six years after Neon and Bong Joon Ho's ...

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. We turn now to look at one of the most celebrated international films of the year, The Secret Agent, directed by the acclaimed Brazilian ...