The Secret Agent | Kleber Mendonça Filho

In 1977, during the Brazilian dictatorship, a forty-year-old man with an obscure past and dubious intentions, seemingly moving under the shadow of some threat, arrives in the city of Recife. His arrival triggers a political thriller, with which the creator of the films "Aquarius" and "Bacurau" invites us to an experience made for the big screen and the collective magic of the cinema theater.

Kleber Mendonça Filho maintains absolute control over his narrative; he integrates elements of different film genres and references into a solid unit; and, behind suspense tropes and social records, he brings the film to a broader level: He delivers an homage to the power of cinema to restore truth, to keep memory alive, and to render an experience that also knows how to preserve recollections over time, in the same way it creates them.

Within the context of the 31st Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights.