From Its Very First Frame, The Secret Agent Makes Its Intentions Known: This Is Not Your Standard Cat-And-Mouse Thriller. It’s A Fever Dream Draped In Carnival Banners And Haunted By Memory, Genre, And Satire. Mendonça Filho's Vision Is Expansive Yet Precise.
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‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Stuns in a Gritty 1970s Brazilian Thriller at NYFF 63 — THE CINEMA GROUP
Premiering at NYFF, The Secret Agent is a bold and stylish political thriller from Bacurau director Kleber Mendonça Filho. Wagner Moura delivers a career-best performance in this fever-dream noir set ...