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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