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Wagner Moura Makes a Deeply Personal Return to Brazilian Cinema in ‘The Secret Agent’

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The Secret Agent is set in the 70s , in the midst of the previous military dictatorship in Brazil .

The story follows Moura ’s Marcelo , an academic hiding out in Recife circa 1977 .

This is Moura 's first starring role in a Brazilian feature film in more than a decade .

This is a film in many ways about memory and people who are forgotten.

The film is a lot about values and the kinds of values that come with a mindset like that.

The history of Brazil , like any history, is told by the point of view of the so-called winners.

I want more films in Brazil made by Indigenous communities.

I’m Still Here reconnected the Brazilian audience with our cinema, as a film for adults and a film about a very specific time in our history, which a scar that’s not yet healed.

The last scene of the film was my last day of shooting, and he hugged me and I felt he was crying—he was shaking.