SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the plot of the movie The Secret Agent .

The Secret Agent , Brazil’s official selection for the International Feature Film race at next year’s Oscars, recently opened in that country, a special moment for its writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho and producer Emilie Lesclaux .

Set in 1977, the film centers on an academic, Armando ( Wagner Moura ), who has become a resister to the country’s repressive military dictatorship and returns to the city of Recife, with the elderly Dona Sebastiana (Tânia Maria) finding shelter and fellowship for him with other dissidents in her apartment building. While in the city, Armando reunites with his young son, being cared for by his in-laws after the death of his wife. Armando is warned by the

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