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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: THE SECRET AGENT review
Description: In which the Mister joins me in reviewing THE SECRET AGENT (2025) from writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho.    A research scientist named Armando (Wagner Moura) flees the political repression of 1977 São Paulo for his hometown of Recife, adopting a false identity to evade a corrupt businessman and the military regime. While hiding in a safe house filled with fellow dissidents, he navigates a surreal and paranoid landscape during Carnival, desperate to reunite with his young son and secure his family's future before his cover is blown. As he searches government archives for his own mother's history, Armando becomes a target i...