The Secret Agent

In Recife in 1977, a man hiding from the dictatorship moves through Carnival and a city that keeps files on people. Mendonça Filho makes the political thriller feel like a memory of heat, newspapers, and a leg that should not be in the story. Wagner Moura plays Marcelo as someone trying to reach his son without using his real name. The NEON trailer is the street and the archive. The film is about a country that pretends the violence is a rumor.