‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped In History & A Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes]

The screams from an audience watching “The Omen” in 1977 can be heard throughout the Cinema São Luiz in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife. They reach a private room near the projection booth where an average man, Marcelo (Wagner Moura), has just learned that his life is in real danger. His conversation with a noble benefactor helping persecuted people like him during the South American country’s military dictatorship is being recorded, and so are the terrified reactions that echo at a nearby distance. Continue reading ‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped In History & A Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes] at The Playlist.

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‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped In History & A Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes]
‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped in History and a Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes]‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped In History & A Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes]

The screams from an audience watching “The Omen” in 1977 can be heard throughout the Cinema São Luiz in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife. They reach a private room near the projection booth where an average man, Marcelo (Wagner Moura), has just learned that his life is in real danger. His conversation with a noble benefactor helping persecuted people like him during the South American country’s military dictatorship is being recorded, and so are the terrified reactions that echo at a nearby distance.

Continue reading ‘The Secret Agent’ Review: Wagner Moura Commands Stunning Brazilian Crime Drama Steeped In History & A Palpable Adoration for Cinema [Cannes] at The Playlist.