Cannes Film Festival Two Wins: “Secret Agent” Brings the Stench of Authoritarianism Into 1970s Brazil’s Everyday Life
A political thriller that swept 102 festival awards worldwide. It exposes the absurdity of military dictatorship through an ordinary citizen’s attempt to flee.
When brutality reigns, being ordinary becomes a crimeBrazil under the hard-edged blade of a military dictatorship in 1977. The reality facing ‘Marcelo’ (played by Wagner Moura) is pure, surreal terror. A rotting corpse sprawled on a gas station floor, and the ugly face of state power—geared more...
