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The Secret Agent

Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
Constellation
Sun 9 Nov - Thu 13 Nov
Sun 9 Nov
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Thu 13 Nov
  • Sun 9 Nov
    19:30
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Tue 11 Nov
    20:00
    Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event
  • Thu 13 Nov
    19:30
    Cottage Road Cinema, Leeds
    Screen 1
    Past event

Brazilian Director Kleber Mendonça Filho hits dizzying new heights with The Secret Agent, a riveting political thriller set in the paranoid 1970s and one of the best films of the year.

Wagner Moura plays a university professor who travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He finds out he’s being tailed by hitmen hired by a corrupt federal officer. The Secret Agent has unexpected streaks of absurdist black humour, bags of style, and even a mention for Leeds. 

"Its visual brilliance, sensual big-city intrigue, shaggy-dog comedy, gruesome lowlife walk-ons and epically languorous mystery combine to create something special." — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Content Guidance


Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

The Secret Agent

Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
Running time 158 mins
Production year 2025
Country Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
Language Portuguese
Courtesy of MUBI
Premiere Status Northern Premiere

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