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Tânia Maria becomes Brazil’s surprise film star after brief turn in The Secret Agent — Static01.nyt.com

Tânia Maria becomes Brazil’s surprise film star after brief turn in The Secret Agent

Tânia Maria de Medeiros Filha, a 79-year-old former rug weaver, has become a new film icon in Brazil after an 11-minute, show-stealing performance as Mrs. Sebastiana in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film The Secret Agent, the country’s latest Oscar contender. Ms. Medeiros Filha had only a few screen credits

Hairy leg in The Secret Agent is drawn from a real 1970s Recife legend — Static0.colliderimages.com

Hairy leg in The Secret Agent is drawn from a real 1970s Recife legend

Collider reports that the hairy leg sequence in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s award-winning film The Secret Agent is based on an actual Recife urban legend that surfaced in the mid-1970s. The tale began in late 1975 in the Tiúma neighborhood of São Lourenço da Mata, where residents said a single

The Secret Agent Wins Golden Globe for Best Non-English Motion Picture — Static0.colliderimages.com

The Secret Agent Wins Golden Globe for Best Non-English Motion Picture

Collider reports Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language. The Brazilian political thriller beat films including Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, Spain’s Sirāt, Tunisia’s The Voice of Hind

The Secret Agent to hit NEON digital platforms on January 27 — Static0.moviewebimages.com

The Secret Agent to hit NEON digital platforms on January 27

Movieweb reports that Brazilian neo-noir thriller The Secret Agent, written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, is set to be made available on digital streaming via NEON around the world starting Tuesday, January 27, roughly two months after its theatrical release. The 2025 film is up for three Golden Globe

Wagner Moura nominated for Golden Globe for role in ‘The Secret Agent’ — Static01.nyt.com

Wagner Moura nominated for Golden Globe for role in ‘The Secret Agent’

Wagner Moura, the Brazilian star of the political drama The Secret Agent, has earned a Golden Globe nomination for his lead performance in the film and is being discussed as a major Oscar contender. The Secret Agent, set in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship, follows Armando, a widowed father