The Secret Agent - Expat Cinema Rotterdam
Miss seeing international films because you can’t yet keep up with the Dutch subtitles? Want to meet fellow expats and new Dutch folks? Love cinema? Then this is the event for you! Join Expat Cinema Rotterdam for the best international art house cinema with English subtitles.
Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho proves with The Secret Agent that he is one of the most exciting directors working today. This unconventional political thriller is set in 1977 during the military dictatorship and weaves multiple storylines together. The Secret Agent won Best Actor and Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival and is nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
The story takes place during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Widower and professor Armando (Wagner Moura), seeking to escape political persecution, finds refuge in Recife alongside other exiles. Meanwhile, his son is being raised in the same city by his father-in-law. Elsa, the leader of an underground resistance movement, realizes that Armando’s situation is more precarious than he knows and offers to help him flee the country.
Filmed in Panavision, this thriller elevates the hallmarks of Mendonça Filho’s work to new heights: intergenerational family portraits, a perfect balance of humor and depth, a sharp exploration of Brazil’s past and present, his love of genre-blending, and meticulous reconstruction of specific locations and environments.
This gripping, unconventional political thriller portrays a country entangled in violence, corruption, and vendettas. Yet through its time jumps, historical references, nods to horror, and the outstanding performances of a strong cast, the film also serves as a powerful tribute to the lives devastated by dictatorship.
- 19:00
Kies tijdstip
- filmspecial
Miss seeing international films because you can’t yet keep up with the Dutch subtitles? Want to meet fellow expats and new Dutch folks? Love cinema? Then this is the event for you! Join Expat Cinema Rotterdam for the best international art house cinema with English subtitles.
Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho proves with The Secret Agent that he is one of the most exciting directors working today. This unconventional political thriller is set in 1977 during the military dictatorship and weaves multiple storylines together. The Secret Agent won Best Actor and Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival and is nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
The story takes place during Brazil’s military dictatorship. Widower and professor Armando (Wagner Moura), seeking to escape political persecution, finds refuge in Recife alongside other exiles. Meanwhile, his son is being raised in the same city by his father-in-law. Elsa, the leader of an underground resistance movement, realizes that Armando’s situation is more precarious than he knows and offers to help him flee the country.
Filmed in Panavision, this thriller elevates the hallmarks of Mendonça Filho’s work to new heights: intergenerational family portraits, a perfect balance of humor and depth, a sharp exploration of Brazil’s past and present, his love of genre-blending, and meticulous reconstruction of specific locations and environments.
This gripping, unconventional political thriller portrays a country entangled in violence, corruption, and vendettas. Yet through its time jumps, historical references, nods to horror, and the outstanding performances of a strong cast, the film also serves as a powerful tribute to the lives devastated by dictatorship.
