“The Secret Agent” new movie Kleber Mendonça Filho (“Aquarius” and “Bacurau”), premiered in the Cannes Festival This Sunday (18). The Brazilian film is in the competition for the top prize, the Golden Palm.
Indie Wire, a vehicle specializing in cinema, published the criticism of the film, relating the title to “I’m still here” (2024). The text was written by the head of criticism of the US publication, David Ehrlich.
“The gentle, carrier and immaculate textured saga of death and memory of Kleber Mendonça Filho in Brazil of 1977 is a Fascinating complement to I’m still here from last year (and a stronger movie overall, I think) “, he said.
“Both films depend on the tragic pungency of their stolen past, and this one too-but slowly, and with a much smoother approach to the way memory persists, despite the gangsters that can work to erase it,” he wrote.
“The Secret Agent” It is set in the 1970s and accompanies Marcelo, a technology expert, who escapes a mysterious past and decides to return to Recife in search of a little peace, but realizes that the city is far from being the Refuge that seeks. See the first reactions to the movie.
The production is starring Wagner Moura (“Elite troop”), MARIA FERNANDA CANDID (“Terra Nostra”), Gabriel Leone (“Sun”), Isabel Zuaa (“The Node of the Devil”), Alice Carvalho (“New Cangaço”) In the cast.
“I’m still here” is directed by Walter Salles (“Central do Brasil ‘) and was released in 2024. He made history by becoming first Brazilian film to be nominated for best film Oscar and win the best international film statuette.
The feature film is an adaptation of the eponymous book written by Marcelo Rubens Paiva. The story also takes place in the 1970s and follows the trajectory of the Paiva family, composed of Rubens, Eunice and five children. Family life transforms completely when, on a fateful day, Rubens Paiva is taken by military personnel and disappears without leaving traces.
This content was originally published in “The Secret Agent” is “fascinating complement to I’m still here,” says website on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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