How Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent was born out of resistance to the far right

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest film is the second from Brazil in two years to be nominated for Best Picture, following Walter Selles’s ‘I’m Still Here’ last year. Both films deal with a difficult time in Brazilian history – the military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985 – but while ‘I’m Still Here’ told a true story, this new film uses fiction to capture the feeling of that era.








