THE SECRET AGENT: In Person Writer/Director Producer Q+A

With Oscar-nominated Writer/Director/Producer Kleber Mendonça Filho & Producer Emilie Lesclaux In attendance for a special live q+a. The most awarded international film of the year — nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor (Wagner Moura), The Secret Agent is a thrillingly unpredictable, empowering political fable about people swept up in forces beyond their control. On the run and living under an alias during the country’s military dictatorship, Marcelo tries to escape, while also reconnecting with the young son he had to leave behind. Even this brief description cannot fully prepare the viewer for the zigzagging subplots and delights of Mendonça’s eccentric and affectionate ode to the movies and the Brazil of his youth—and to maintaining individuality amid abuses of power. A dynamic, shape-shifting epic set in writer/director/producer Kleber Mendonça Filho’s hometown of Recife during the late 1970s, the film earned him the Best Director award at Cannes. Wagner Moura was also deservedly honored as Best Actor at the festival for his magnetic performance as a widowed former university researcher whose life has been violently upended by the greed and vengeance of a government bureaucrat. The film also swept recent critics awards, won two Golden Globes, was nominated for two BAFTA and a Cesar for Best International Feature Film. Join the Playhouse and Cinema Tropical for this very special opportunity to hear from an acclaimed Oscar nominee just a matter of weeks before this year’s Academy Awards celebration, then come back on March 15 for our second annual viewing party! “The greatest artistic achievement of last year” David Remnick, The New Yorker ★ ★ ★ ★ “One of the best films of the year – perhaps the best.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian “Not just the best film of the year but one of the best of the decade.” David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter “A knockout” Manohla Dargis, The New York TImes ★ ★ ★ ★ “One of the year’s best films. Will take you places you rarely go.” Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.comCrimePT2H41MR2026-02-27
Wagner Moura
Carlos Francisco
Tânia Maria
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Emilie Lesclaux
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Winston Araújo
THE SECRET AGENT: In Person Writer/Director Producer Q+A"THE SECRET AGENT: In Person Writer/Director Producer Q+A"

Showtimes

February 27, 7:00 pm

Southampton Playhouse