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The Secret Agent
Thu
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Thu 23 Oct 3:00 PM
Palace Nova Eastend: ExiMax
General Admission
Unclassified 15+
158 MinsOne of the undisputed standouts of Cannes, The Secret Agent immerses us in the contradictions of Brazil under military rule. In 1977, Marcelo, an accidental dissident ex-academic, is forced to flee São Paulo when his safety is compromised. Returning to his hometown of Recife during Carnival week, he hopes to reconnect with his young son and escape. Instead, he walks into a city where the celebrations mask a deeper climate of fear.
Streets pulse with colour while shadowy figures track his every move. Political repression, corruption and hidden cruelties jostle alongside moments of vivid, surreal playfulness, echoing the strange dualities of the era. Director Kleber Mendonça Filho crafts a taut political thriller layered with sly humour, hallucinatory flourishes and bursts of visual exuberance. The Secret Agent is a richly textured study of authoritarian absurdity and human resilience.
Streets pulse with colour while shadowy figures track his every move. Political repression, corruption and hidden cruelties jostle alongside moments of vivid, surreal playfulness, echoing the strange dualities of the era. Director Kleber Mendonça Filho crafts a taut political thriller layered with sly humour, hallucinatory flourishes and bursts of visual exuberance. The Secret Agent is a richly textured study of authoritarian absurdity and human resilience.