The Secret Agent: gripping thriller reminds us why academic freedom needs protecting
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par Stephanie Dennison, Professor in Brazilian Studies, University of Leeds
Alfredo Luiz Paes de Oliveira Suppia, Professor Associado do Depto. de Multimeios, Mídia e Comunicação, Inst. de Artes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto, 2025) marks a moment of consolidation in one of contemporary Brazilian cinema’s most consistent careers.
Since his early short films such as Cold Tropics (Recife Frio, 2009), the filmmaker has developed a unique style packed with movie references that tantalisingly falls somewhere between arthouse and genre film. These traits reach new heights of self-awareness and formal freedom in The…
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jeudi 19 février 2026
