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The Secret Agent

2025 161 min Portuguese R

“Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.”

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

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Cast

75 people

Kleber Mendonça Filho Director · Tomaz Alves de Souza Composer

Worldwide gross $19M · Budget $5M · United States release November 26, 2025

Box office

Budget

$5,000,000

Worldwide gross

$18,988,224

Gross vs. budget

3.8×

Production

L

Lemming Film

Production

O

One Two Films

Production

C

CinemaScópio

Production

A

ARTE France Cinéma

Production

M

MK Productions

Production

P

Primo Content

Production

A

Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

Production

C

CinemaScópio Produções

Production

M

mk2 Films

Production

V

Vitrine Filmes

Production · Distribution

Brazil · France · Germany · Netherlands · Argentina

Produced in

Languages

Original title

O Agente Secreto

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken on screen

English · German · Portuguese

Release dates

France · May 18, 2025

Premiere · Cannes Film Festival

Brazil · September 10, 2025

Limited theatrical · Cinema Teatro do Parque / Cinema São Luiz

United States · November 26, 2025

Limited theatrical · New York City, New York

United States · February 3, 2026

Digital

United States

August 29, 2025 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival

September 18, 2025 · Premiere · AFI Latin American Film Festival

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Telluride at Dartmouth

September 27, 2025 · Premiere · New York Film Festival

September 30, 2025 · Premiere · Beyond Fest

October 3, 2025 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival

October 9, 2025 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival

October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Cine Latino Film Festival

October 15, 2025 · Premiere · Santa Fe International Film Festival

October 16, 2025 · Premiere · Woodstock Film Festival / Middleburg Film Festival

October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival / Heartland International Film Festival / Newport Beach Film Festival / Orcas Island Film Festival

October 18, 2025 · Premiere · New Hampshire Film Festival

October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Bravo Film Festival

October 20, 2025 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival

October 22, 2025 · Premiere · Hawai'i International Film Festival

October 23, 2025 · Premiere · Montclair Film Festival / Philadelphia Film Festival

October 25, 2025 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival

October 27, 2025 · Premiere · SCAD Savannah Film Festival

October 28, 2025 · Premiere · Vermont International Film Festival

October 29, 2025 · Premiere · Wilshire Screening Room

October 30, 2025 · Premiere · IFFBoston Fall Focus

November 1, 2025 · Premiere · Lake Placid Film Festival

November 2, 2025 · Premiere · Miami Film Festival GEMS

November 5, 2025 · Premiere · Portland Latin American Film Festival / Loft Film Fest

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Coronado Island Film Festival

November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Ojai Playhouse Film Festival

November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Key West Film Festival

November 15, 2025 · Premiere · The Yale Film Society

November 16, 2025 · Premiere · West Virginia International Film Festival

November 17, 2025 · Premiere · Three Rivers Film Festival

November 18, 2025 · Premiere · Sonoma International Film Festival

November 19, 2025 · Premiere · NYU

November 22, 2025 · Premiere · Metrograph

November 24, 2025 · Premiere · USC

December 5, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California

December 7, 2025 · Premiere · LA Times Indie Focus

January 7, 2026 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival

February 6, 2026 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival

March 1, 2026 · Digital · Hulu

Argentina

October 19, 2025 · Premiere · MUBI Fest Buenos Aires

November 29, 2025 · Premiere · Cannes Film Week

February 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Australia

June 11, 2025 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival

August 14, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival

September 16, 2025 · Premiere · Darwin International Film Festival

October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival

October 30, 2025 · Premiere · Capital Film Festival

November 27, 2025 · Premiere · Brisbane International Film Festival

January 5, 2026 · Premiere · Perth Festival

January 22, 2026 · Theatrical

Austria

October 22, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival

December 19, 2025 · Theatrical

Brazil

September 12, 2025 · Premiere · Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro

September 16, 2025 · Premiere · Festival de Cinema da Amazônia – Olhar do Norte

September 18, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Maranhão na Tela

September 18, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cine Passeio, Sala Glauber Rocha e Cinema Fundação Joaquim Nabuco

September 24, 2025 · Premiere · Cine Ceará - Festival Ibero-americano de Cinema

September 27, 2025 · Premiere · CineBH International Film Festival

October 7, 2025 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

October 23, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Kinoarte de Cinema

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival

November 3, 2025 · Premiere · FRAPA - Festival de Roteiro Audiovisual de Porto Alegre / Curta-SE - Festival Iberoamericano de Cinema de Sergipe

November 6, 2025 · Premiere · Mostra de Cinema ICB

November 6, 2025 · Theatrical

November 22, 2025 · Premiere · Gostoso Film Festival

January 31, 2026 · Premiere · Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes

March 7, 2026 · Digital · Netflix

June 29, 2026 · Physical · Blu-ray / DVD

Bulgaria

November 23, 2025 · Premiere · Kinomania Film Festival

Canada

September 7, 2025 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival

September 28, 2025 · Premiere · Calgary International Film Festival

October 6, 2025 · Premiere · Vancouver International Film Festival

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Festival du Film Brésilien de Montreal

October 26, 2025 · Premiere · Windsor International Film Festival

November 27, 2025 · Premiere · Brazil Film Fest Toronto

December 5, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Portuguese w/e.s.t.

Chile

November 29, 2025 · Premiere · Viña del Mar Film Festival

February 26, 2026 · Theatrical

China

September 25, 2025 · Premiere · Pingyao International Film Festival

March 27, 2026 · Theatrical

Colombia

October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Bogotá International Film Festival

February 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Cuba

December 4, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano

Czechia

November 27, 2025 · Premiere · Kino Brasil

March 19, 2026 · Theatrical

Denmark

February 5, 2026 · Theatrical

Egypt

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Cairo International Film Festival

Estonia

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

November 28, 2025 · Theatrical

Finland

February 20, 2026 · Theatrical

France

July 5, 2025 · Premiere · Cinéma Paradiso Louvre

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Festival de Biarritz Amérique Latine

September 23, 2025 · Premiere · Studio 43

September 27, 2025 · Premiere · La Ferme du Buisson

September 28, 2025 · Premiere · Retour de Cannes

October 1, 2025 · Premiere · Espace 1789

October 5, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Ciné32 Indépendance(s) et Création

October 7, 2025 · Premiere · Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival

October 22, 2025 · Premiere · CinéMartinique Film Festival

November 4, 2025 · Premiere · Festival du Film de Sarlat

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Arras Film Festival

November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Écran Total

November 21, 2025 · Premiere · Festival du film d'histoire de Pessac

November 26, 2025 · Premiere · mk2 Bibliothèque

December 17, 2025 · Theatrical

May 5, 2026 · Physical

July 7, 2026 · Digital · Canal+

July 7, 2026 · TV · Canal+

Germany

September 22, 2025 · Premiere · Filmkunstmesse Leipzig

October 3, 2025 · Premiere · Filmfest Hamburg

October 7, 2025 · Premiere · Cinebrasil

October 14, 2025 · Premiere · Film Festival Cologne

October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival

October 21, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Monopol Kino

October 26, 2025 · Premiere · Harmonie Kino Frankfurt/Main

November 6, 2025 · Premiere · Berlin Independent Film Festival

November 6, 2025 · Theatrical

November 29, 2025 · Premiere · Lateinamerikanische Filmtagen München

Greece

October 2, 2025 · Premiere · Athens International Film Festival

February 12, 2026 · Theatrical

Guatemala

March 5, 2026 · Theatrical

Hong Kong SAR China

March 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Hungary

September 6, 2025 · Premiere · Miskolc International Film Festival

September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Latin American Film Days in Budapest

India

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Kolkata International Film Festival

December 14, 2025 · Premiere · International Film Festival of Kerala

February 27, 2026 · Theatrical

Indonesia

October 2, 2025 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema

October 18, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening

January 30, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release

March 25, 2026 · Digital · KlikFilm

Ireland

November 11, 2025 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival

February 20, 2026 · Theatrical

Israel

July 18, 2025 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival

November 17, 2025 · Premiere · Arava Desert Film Festival

January 15, 2026 · Theatrical

Italy

October 15, 2025 · Premiere · Rome International Film Festival

November 16, 2025 · Premiere · MUBI Fest Roma

January 29, 2026 · Theatrical

Japan

December 18, 2026 · Theatrical

Kazakhstan

March 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Latvia

October 20, 2025 · Premiere · Riga International Film Festival

Lithuania

January 9, 2026 · Theatrical

June 11, 2026 · Digital · ŽMONĖS Cinema

Luxembourg

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Luxembourg City Film Festival

Macao SAR China

March 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Mexico

October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Morelia International Film Festival

February 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Mongolia

October 8, 2025 · Premiere · Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival

Morocco

November 28, 2025 · Premiere · Marrakech Film Festival

Netherlands

January 29, 2026 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam

February 12, 2026 · Theatrical

New Zealand

August 2, 2025 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival

January 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical

February 5, 2026 · Theatrical

Norway

October 15, 2025 · Premiere · Bergen International Film Festival

November 6, 2025 · Premiere · Film fra Sør - Films from the South Festival

January 21, 2026 · Premiere · Tromsø International Film Festival

February 9, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Prinsen in Trondheim Early Premiere

February 27, 2026 · Theatrical

Paraguay

October 31, 2025 · Premiere · 3 Margens Festival

Peru

August 8, 2025 · Premiere · Festival de Cine de Lima PUCP

February 26, 2026 · Theatrical

Philippines

March 11, 2026 · Premiere · FDCP World Cinema

July 17, 2026 · Digital · JuanFlix

Poland

July 17, 2025 · Premiere · BNP Paribas New Horizons International Film Festival

August 1, 2025 · Premiere · BNP Paribas Two Riversides Film and Art Festival

October 11, 2025 · Premiere · Warsaw International Film Festival

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Festiwal Kamera Akcja

Portugal

July 23, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Cinema São Jorge, Lisboa

November 6, 2025 · Theatrical

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · LEFFEST - Lisboa Film Festival

Puerto Rico

January 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Fine Arts

Romania

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Les Films de Cannes à Bucarest Festival

November 2, 2025 · Premiere · Les Films de Cannes à Cluj Festival

February 27, 2026 · Theatrical

October 25, 2026 · TV · HBO

Russia

March 26, 2026 · Theatrical

April 23, 2026 · Digital

Saudi Arabia

December 5, 2025 · Premiere · Red Sea International Film Festival

Serbia

November 25, 2025 · Premiere · Belgrade Auteur Film Festival

Singapore

November 28, 2025 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival

Slovakia

September 15, 2025 · Premiere · International Film Festival Cinematik

Slovenia

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Ljubljana International Film Festival

South Korea

September 19, 2025 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival

July 8, 2026 · Theatrical

Spain

September 20, 2025 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival

October 10, 2025 · Premiere · PONTES - Galician and Portuguese Film Week

October 11, 2025 · Premiere · IBAFF - Murcia International Film Festival

October 17, 2025 · Premiere · CLAM - Festival Internacional de Cinema Social de Catalunya

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Gáldar International Film Festival

November 1, 2025 · Premiere · Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival

November 7, 2025 · Premiere · Cineuropa 39

November 8, 2025 · Premiere · MOST International Wine Film Festival

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · Fancine - Fantastic Film Festival of Málaga

November 12, 2025 · Digital

November 14, 2025 · Premiere · Gijon International Film Festival

January 30, 2026 · Theatrical

Sweden

November 5, 2025 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival

February 6, 2026 · Theatrical

Switzerland

September 26, 2025 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival

November 2, 2025 · Premiere · Weltfilmtage Thusis

November 13, 2025 · Theatrical

November 21, 2025 · Premiere · Pantalla Latina – St. Gallen Filmfestival

Taiwan

November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

March 6, 2026 · Theatrical

Thailand

February 5, 2026 · Theatrical

Türkiye

September 24, 2025 · Premiere · Adana Golden Boll Film Festival

October 3, 2025 · Premiere · Filmekimi

November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Ankara Film Festival

January 30, 2026 · Theatrical

Ukraine

October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Kyiv Critics' Week

February 19, 2026 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

October 14, 2025 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival

October 21, 2025 · Premiere · Bath Film Festival

November 2, 2025 · Premiere · Belfast Film Festival

November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Inverness Film Festival

November 9, 2025 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival

November 12, 2025 · Premiere · CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

November 14, 2025 · Premiere · ICO Autumn Screening Days

November 30, 2025 · Premiere · King's Lynn Film Festival

January 12, 2026 · Premiere · Screen Next the Sea

January 30, 2026 · Premiere · The Bay International Film Festival

February 20, 2026 · Theatrical

April 17, 2026 · Digital · MUBI

September 21, 2026 · Physical · 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray / Blu-ray / DVD

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