Cannes 2025: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
Cannes 2025
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🎬 “It was the first time I wrote a role for an actor.”Kleber Mendonça Filho spoke to us in Cannes about The Secret Agent, a tense political thriller set in 1970s Recife and written specifically for Wagner Moura.
Amid the chaos of carnival, a man with a hidden past returns to find his son — but Recife holds more than just memories.
The film was awarded:🏆 Best Director – Kleber Mendonça Filho🏆 Best Actor – Wagner Moura🏆 FIPRESCI Prize