The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.

2025161 min7.2 / 10

A tense political thriller set during Brazil's military dictatorship, following a fugitive's desperate attempt to reconnect with his son amid surveillance and danger.

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

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