'O Agente Secreto' Surges on Year-End Lists, Bolstering Awards Push

Overview

• O Globo reports the film appears on seven of eight critics' best-of-2025 lists, underscoring strong domestic support.
• The New York Times ranks the title eighth on its 2025 best films list published December 2.
• Kleber Mendonça Filho directs the feature, with Wagner Moura in the lead role.
• Following its Cannes premiere, the film won Best Direction for Mendonça Filho and Best Actor for Moura.
• Coverage highlights a developing Oscar campaign as critics praise its blend of sensitivity, irony, humor and surrealist touches in revisiting Brazil's military dictatorship.