ADVANCE SCREENING: Friday January 16, 7.45pm.

Winner of Best Actor, Best Director and the International Critic’s Prize (Fipresci) at Cannes 2025, THE SECRET AGENT is a rousing and tense political thriller led by a captivating performance from Wagner Moura (Civil War).

Brazil, 1977. Tormented by a military dictatorship enforcing increasingly oppressive measures on the population at large, Marcelo (Mourna), is a university professor on the run from the regime. He takes refuge in Recife during the week of the Carnaval, hoping to reunite with his son, and finds safety amongst a group of outsiders where he assumes a new identity. Regardless of the temporary respite, the grip of the state continually closes in around him, and the city that once promised shelter begins to simmer with conflict.

Director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau) has crafted a painstakingly realised and expansive portrait of Brazilian history that's more prescient than ever.

Contains Portuguese and German language, English subtitles.