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The Secret Agent Review | Wagner Moura's Oscar-Nominated Brazilian Thriller
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- Oh Brother
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- Mar 23, 2026
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- 1965
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Summary
Message Dan and Mike We sit down to review The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto), the Brazilian political thriller that earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and had Wagner Moura — best known for playing Pablo Escobar in Narcos — winning awards on the international circuit for his performance. Set in 1977 in Recife, Brazil, the film follows a tech expert with a shadowy past who returns to his hometown hoping to find refuge, only to discover the corruption there runs too deep to hide from....