CINEMA

Cine Líbero Luxardo premieres “The Secret Agent” this Thursday (06)

Kleber Mendonça Filho's feature was selected by Brazil to compete for the 2026 Oscar in the category of “Best International Film”

By Aycha Nunes (FCP)

05/11/2025 14h53

The Cine Líbero Luxardo, in Belém, premieres the highly anticipated feature “The Secret Agent” next Thursday (06) at 4 PM. Starring Wagner Moura and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the film was chosen by the Brazilian Academy of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (ABCAA) to represent Brazil in the race for the 2026 Oscar in the category of Best International Film.

The film follows Marcelo (Wagner Moura) in a political thriller set in the 1970s. The narrative follows a technology expert trying to leave behind a dark past as he returns to Recife in search of peace. However, the city reveals itself to be a territory of political tension and great secrets.

The cast includes major names from national cinema, including Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Hermila Guedes, Alice Carvalho, Roberto Diogenes, among other artists.

“The Secret Agent” has gained prominence at major festivals around the world. The feature opened the 34th Biarritz Latin America Festival in France, in addition to having its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received four awards: Best Direction (Kleber Mendonça Filho), Best Actor (Wagner Moura), as well as the Fipresci Prize (International Federation of Film Critics) and the “Art et Essai” Prize awarded by AFCAE (French Association of Art and Essay Cinema).

In Latin America, the feature was awarded at the 29th Lima Film Festival - PUCP, winning the trophies for Best Film from the Official Jury and Best Film by the International Critics. The feature also participated in the programming of the New Horizons Film Festival (Poland), the Sydney Film Festival (Australia), and the Toronto Film Festival (Canada).

The production is signed by Emilie Lesclaux and is a co-production with CinemaScópio (Brazil), MK Productions (France), Lemming Film (Netherlands), and One Two Films (Germany), with distribution in Brazil by Vitrine Filmes. Internationally, it will be released by NEON (USA and Canada) and by MUBI (UK, Ireland, India, and Latin America, except Brazil).