The Secret Agent (2025)

The Secret Agent

2025

The Secret Agent

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

ReleasedDecember 5, 2025

DirectorKleber Mendonça Filho

WriterKleber Mendonça Filho

StarringWagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes

Scores

Letterboxd2.92

IMDb7.4

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic41

Box Office

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In the Press1 article · 2 podcasts

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Podcast Episodes

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Podcast · Mar 6

‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’

Podcast · Dec 12

Cast

Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura

Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves / Adult Fernando Solimões

Carlos Francisco

Carlos Francisco

Seu Alexandre

Tânia Maria

Tânia Maria

Dona Sebastiana

Robério Diógenes

Robério Diógenes

Euclides Cavalcante

Roney Villela

Roney Villela

Augusto Borba

Gabriel Leone

Gabriel Leone

Bobbi Borba

Alice Carvalho

Alice Carvalho

Fátima

Hermila Guedes

Hermila Guedes

Claudia

Isabél Zuaa

Isabél Zuaa

Thereza Vitória

Maria Fernanda Cândido

Maria Fernanda Cândido

Elza / Sara Guébert

Thomás Aquino

Thomás Aquino

Valdemar

Laura Lufési

Laura Lufési

Flavia

Crew

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Director

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Writer

Evgenia Alexandrova

Evgenia Alexandrova

Director of Photography

Mateus Alves

Original Music Composer

Tomaz Alves de Souza

Original Music Composer

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho

Producer

Emilie Lesclaux

Emilie Lesclaux

Producer

Dora Amorim

Executive Producer

Brent Travers

Executive Producer

Winston Araújo

Producer

Studios & Companies

Production

ARTE France Cinéma

Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

Opening Weekend$48K

Domestic$3.8M

International$11.5M

Worldwide$18.4M

Est. Budget$5.0M

Est. Marketing (FD Est.)$2.3M

Est. Profit+$11.2M

Daily Charts Box Office Mojo

Awards

8Nominations

3Wins

Academy Awards4 noms

Best PictureBest ActorBest International Feature FilmBest Casting

Golden Globes3 noms, 2 wins

Best Motion Picture – DramaBest Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaBest Foreign Language Film

Spirit Awards1 nom, 1 win

Best International Film

0 Nominations

Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul

Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual