The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
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The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Friday, January 9, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
Saturday, January 10, 2 pm | BUY TICKETS
Saturday, January 10, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
Sunday, January 11, 2 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“Visually and dramatically superb in every way.”—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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 Mendonca 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. Brazil’s submission for the Best International Film Oscar. 2025, Brazil/France/The Netherlands/Germany, DCP, in Portuguese, German, and English with English subtitles, 160 minutes. Rated R.
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Friday, January 9, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
Saturday, January 10, 2 pm | BUY TICKETS
Saturday, January 10, 6 pm | BUY TICKETS
Sunday, January 11, 2 pm | BUY TICKETS
$12 | $8 Speed members
“Visually and dramatically superb in every way.”—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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 Mendonca 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. Brazil’s submission for the Best International Film Oscar. 2025, Brazil/France/The Netherlands/Germany, DCP, in Portuguese, German, and English with English subtitles, 160 minutes. Rated R.