Cinema’o secret agent ‘will be the opening film of the 58th Brasilia Festival

The secret agentnew movie Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), starring Wagner Moura(Civil war), will be the opening film of the 58th Brasilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema, which takes place between September 12 and 20 in the Brazilian capital.

The session will be attended by the director, producer Emilie Lesclauxof distributor Silvia Cruz, and part of the cast. “The Brasilia Festival goes through the lives of many people from Brazilian cinema: producers, directors, writers, technicians and film critics. It is a festival that, in a very happy way, after 60 years, continues to keep that flame on [fundador] Paulo Emílio Sales Gomesand this is very important. It is a festival that is constant history of Brazilian cinema “celebrated Mendonça Filho in a press release.

In the same period, The secret agent will also integrate the programming From the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled to take place between September 4th and 14th, and will have its first public session in Brazil, at Cinema São Luiz, Recife, Pernambuco, where history is set. The feature will be aired on September 10 and the pre-sale of tickets starts this Monday, August 4.

What is the story of The secret agent?

The plot of The secret agent is set in the 1970s and revolves around Marcelo (Wagner Moura), a university professor who runs away from Sao Paulo to Recife to escape government agents who seek him for subversive activities. However, he soon discovers that he is being spied on his neighbors.

In addition to Mourathe cast of The secret agent still has MARIA FERNANDA CANDID(Fantastic Animals: Dumbledore’s Secrets), Gabriel Leone (Senna), Alice Carvalho (New cangaço), Isabel Zuaa (The devil’s knot), Rubens Santos (Aquarius), Udo kier (Bacurau), Thomá Aquino (Crime DNA), SuzyLopes (Paloma), Buddha lyre (Heavy is the sky), Carlos Francisco (Mars one), WilsonRabhe (Bandit: number one) and Laura Lufési.

Highlight in Cannes

During his time at the Cannes Festival, The secret agent took four awards, two from the official ceremony and two parallels, with emphasis on Wagner Mourawho became the first Brazilian to win the honor of best actor at the festival, Le Prix d’Antpretation Mascine.

He joined FERNANDA TORRES (Best actress per I know I’ll love you in 1986) and SANDRA CORVELONI (Best actress per Pass line in 2008) in the group of acting awarded with the highest honor honor at the festival.

Furthermore, Kleber Mendonça Filho was the first Brazilian to win the award for best direction (Le Prix de la mise en scène) since Glauber Rochawho won the honor with The Dragon of Evil against the Holy Warriorin 1969.

Before the official ceremony, The secret agent It had already won two important parallel awards, the Criticism Award, offered by the International Federation of Critics (Fipresci), and the Prix des Cinémas Art etei, awarded by the French Association of Independent Exhibitors.

When debut The secret agent?

Besides driving, Kleber Mendonça Filho It is also responsible for the The secret agentthat debut on November 6, 2025 in Brazilian theaters. Watch the first preview of the news below:

Also read:Debut, history and what we know most about The secret agentwith Wagner Moura

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