Review 780: The Secret Agent
In 1977 Brazil, roughly at the midpoint of a 21-year military dictatorship The Secret Agent (much like I'm Still Here from last year) is a film about a country under a dictatorship. Entirely apart from the ethical issues it raises, I'm Still Here works better as a while The Secret Agent works better as a character piece and touching on themes of resistance Wagner Moura (fresh off of Civil War) delivers a performance In the films opening, he arrives in Recife in a We don't know why he has come to Recife and we won't find out for With a runtime of 161 minutes. The Secret Agent certainly drags in spots
