The Secret Agent
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Why watch?
“Mendonça Filho’s film is an exceptional blend of genres, with notes of classic films of the '70s like All the President's Men, which use the high stakes of the thriller genre to explore the serious world of political corruption. This is a director at the top of his form, and my main takeaway is I can't wait to see whatever he does next because I truly believe he is making films that we need right now.”
Wendy Cook,
Head of Cinema
Hyde Park Pick: The Secret Agent
Master filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho (Neighbouring Sounds, Aquarius, Bacurau) teams up with a superb Wagner Moura (Narcos, Civil War) for this rich, arresting, novelistic political thriller that has been hailed by critics as a fascinatingly unpredictable, shape-shifting epic.
Steeped in history, The Secret Agent also feels remarkably contemporary, paying tribute to the genre blockbusters of Filho’s youth while depicting a world of everyday corruption, threat and political turmoil that speaks to the present moment.
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