Review 780: The Secret Agent
In 1977 Brazil, roughly at the midpoint of a 21-year military dictatorship, Armando Solimoes ( Wagner Moura), a former researcher travels to Recife during the carnival holiday to escape persecution and hoping to reunite with his son. He soon discovers he's being followed by neighbours in his new sanctuary. touching on themes of resistance, Masculinity, Strongman politics as well as the politics of dictatorship and what happens to peoples lives under a dictatorship. What immediately striking about The Secret Agent is how visually rich it is; the sweaty, sun drenched streets and beaches of Recife, Brazil in the 70s make for a gorgeous setting that evokes the paranoid thrillers of that time. The Secret Agent (much like I'm Still Here from last year) is a film about a country under a dictatorship. They're not mearly an argument against immorality. We don't need films to preach to us why living under a military dictatorship is wrong. I'm Still Here strategies ar...
