Indie Showcase: THE SECRET AGENT (2025)
Wednesday, January 7, 6:30pm
Aspen Film Isis Theatre | 406 E Hopkins Ave, Aspen
$16 Geneeral Admission | FREE AF Member
About the Film
Crime, Drama, Mystery | 158 MIN | Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
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 Mendonça 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.
Directed by |
Kleber Mendonça Filho |
WINNER - Best Actor, Wagner Moura
Cannes Film Festival 2025
WINNER - Best Director, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cannes Film Festival 2025
WINNER - FIPRESCI Prize Competition
Cannes Film Festival 2025
WINNER - NYFCC Award, Best Actor, Wagner Moura
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2025
WINNER - NYFCC Award, Best International Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2025
RoberEbert.com: THE SECRET AGENT
Matt Zoller Seitz
- Cannes Film Festival 2025
- Chicago International Film Festival 2025
- Hamburg Film Festival 2025
- Middleburg Film Festival 2025
- Stockholm Film Festival 2025
Event Details
Join us on Wednesday, January 7, at 6:30 PM for our Indie Showcase screening of THE SECRET AGENT, the internationally acclaimed thriller from Kleber Mendonça Filho—winner of Best Director and Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, a Golden Globe nominee including Best Picture, Non-English Language, and Brazil’s official submission for the 2026 Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film.
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