The Secret Agent (2025)
2h 38m
Running Time
May 18, 2025Release Date
Plot.
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non violent refuge he seeks.
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Cast & Crew.

Wagner Moura
Marcelo / Producer

Maria Fernanda Cândido
Elza

Gabriel Leone
Bobbi

Carlos Francisco
Seu Alexandre

Jamila Facury
Fatima

Robério Diógenes
Euclides

Alice Carvalho
Actress

Hermila Guedes
Claudia

Igor de Araújo
Sergio

Ítalo Martins
Arlindo

João Vitor Silva
Actor

Laura Lufési
Flavia

Udo Kier
Hans

Thomás Aquino
Arlindo

Rubens Santos
Natalício

Roney Villela
Augusto

Sebastiana de Medeiros
Dona Sebastiana

Kleber Mendonça Filho
Director / Producer / Screenplay

Evgenia Alexandrova
Director of Photography

Emilie Lesclaux
Producer

Brent Travers
Producer

Olivier Père
Co-Producer

Mariana Jacob
Production Manager

Thales Junqueira
Art Direction

Werick Dino Garcia
Lighting Design

Rita Azevedo
Costume Designer

Marisa Amenta
Makeup & Hair

Moabe Filho
Sound

Eduardo Serrano
Editor

Tomaz Alves de Souza
Music

Mateus Alves
Music

Gabriel Domingues
Casting

Matheus Farias
Editor

Pedrinho Moreira
Sound

Tijn Hazen
Sound Designer / Sound Editor

Cyril Holtz
Sound Mixer

Fellipe Fernandes
Assistant Director

Leonardo Lacca
Assistant Director

Dora Amorim
Executive Producer

Luciano Chirolli

Licínio Januário

Marcelo Valle

Alice Carvalho

Kaiony Venâncio

Márcio De Paula

Nivaldo Nascimento

Robson Andrade

Tânia Maria

Albert Tenorio

Aline Marta

Edilson Silva

Enzo Nunes

Erivaldo Oliveira

Fabiana Pirro

Geane Albuquerque

Gregorio Graziosi

Isadora Ruppert

João Vítor Silva
Media.




Details.
Release DateMay 18, 2025
Original NameO Agente Secreto
StatusPost Production
Running Time2h 38m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
secret agent
dictatorship
brazil
Wiki.
The Secret Agent (Portuguese: O Agente Secreto) is an upcoming historical political thriller film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. It stars Wagner Moura, Udo Kier, Gabriel Leone and Maria Fernanda Cândido. The film, a co-production between Brazil and France, follows Marcelo a teacher caught in the political turmoil of the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
The film will have its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2025, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or.