With an electrifying blend of kinetic punch and elegiac historical sweep, Kleber Mendonça Filho connects life under Brazil’s twentieth-century military dictatorship to the living present, delivering a kaleidoscopic period thriller pulsing with resonance. In 1977, under the alias Armando, a man (Wagner Moura) arrives in the city of Recife to try to make a fresh start with his young son. However, the threat of violence immediately encroaches, while around him swirl corrupt cops, grimy hit men, haunted exiles, and a wild urban legend that ignites a public frenzy. Continually spinning off its temporal and narrative axes, The Secret Agent unfurls an epic canvas teeming with life and love for those who refuse to submit to systems of oppression.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital master, approved by director Kleber Mendonça Filho, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
Pictures of Ghosts (2023), a companion film by Mendonça Filho
Making-of documentary featuring interviews with Mendonça Filho, actor Wagner Moura, and other members of the cast and crew
New interviews with director of photography Evgenia Alexandrova and sound mixer Cyril Holtz
New video essay featuring Mendonça Filho
Deleted scenes
Archival material that inspired the film, with commentary by Mendonça Filho
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by film programmer and curator Dennis Lim