# The Secret Agent (2025)

> A fugitive technology expert finds that returning to 1970s Recife offers no escape from dictatorship-era surveillance, manipulation, and buried identities.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/2972217

## Facts

- Runtime: 161 min
- Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Cast: Wagner Moura, Alice Carvalho, Gabriel Leone, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Udo Kier, Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27847051/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: paranoid, brooding, visceral, arthouse movie night, political cinema discussion

## Synopsis

A technology expert's quest for peace spirals into chaos as he confronts his past in a city rife with danger.

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