“The Secret Agent” Analysis and Review: In “The Secret Agent”, Director Kleber Mendonca Filho Shows How Dissidents Were Targeted, Persecuted, and Eliminated During Brazil’s Notorious Military Dictatorship
Kleber Mendonca Filho’s historical, political, and neo-noir crime thriller The Secret Agent is an incredibly important film. Director Kleber portrays the tumultuous time period of Brazil under the infamous military dictatorship that ruled Brazil brutally from 1964 to 1985. When ordinary citizens lose freedom, there is no limit to their indescribable suffering. Living life at …