Nominated for Four Oscars, 'The Secret Agent' Comes to Netflix on March 7

São Paulo, March 6, 2026 - After winning over audiences around the world and drawing 2.5 million moviegoers to theaters in Brazil, The Secret Agent , directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, enters a new chapter in its journey with its Netflix premiere in Brazil this Saturday, March 7 .

The feature won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globes, in addition to receiving four Oscar nominations and two BAFTA nominations. Netflix is among the film's co-producers, having invested in the project from its earliest stages and secured an agreement to make it available exclusively to subscribers in Brazil. The film was produced by CinemaScópio, in co-production with France (MK2), Germany (One Two Films), the Netherlands (Lemming) and Netflix Brazil.

"After four months in Brazilian theaters, the film's launch on Netflix is an opportunity for our story to reach new audiences and to be revisited by many others who were deeply moved by it," says director Kleber Mendonça Filho. "It feels like The Secret Agent is coming to life all over again on new screens, now with extraordinary image and sound quality for home viewing."

For producer Emilie Lesclaux, the film's Netflix debut marks another step in the successful journey that began in theaters. "Our expectations are very high, and it is a privilege to see that the film tells such a powerful story that it has sparked audiences' interest in experiencing cinema in all its many forms, across every screen," she says.

In theaters across Brazil since November, the feature hasn't left the national box office Top 10 in four full months. Now, it's expanding its reach all while maintaining its presence on the big screen, as it becomes available to Netflix subscribers throughout Brazil. "Kleber Mendonça Filho has a highly distinctive and fearless creative vision. With The Secret Agent , he masterfully creates sophisticated, thought-provoking entertainment, and brings his vision of Recife to the world with tremendous personality. It is exactly the kind of story Netflix is proud to support and share with even more audiences," says Elisabetta Zenatti, Vice President of Content at Netflix Brazil.

Set in 1977, during Brazil's military dictatorship, The Secret Agent follows Marcelo (Wagner Moura), a technology expert and professor who leaves São Paulo for Recife in search of a fresh start and to escape a mysterious past. But upon arriving in the city at the height of Carnival, he finds that his new life may be far less safe than he imagined. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the film features a standout cast that includes Maria Fernanda Cândido, Alice Carvalho, Gabriel Leone, Tânia Maria, Thomás Aquino and Udo Kier.

On Netflix, The Secret Agent will be available in a 4K Dolby Vision HDR (High Dynamic Range) master, specially prepared for the platform's streaming system. Dolby Vision delivers the highest image quality and resolution currently available. To enjoy the full experience, viewers need both an HDR-compatible subscription plan and an HDR-compatible display.

Awards and Accolades

The Secret Agent won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival-Best Actor for Wagner Moura, Best Director for Kleber Mendonça Filho, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prix des Cinémas d'Art et Essai (AFCAE). It also won a Golden Globe, with Wagner Moura receiving the award for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture, while the production won Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language, and went on to receive the award for Best International Film at the Independent Spirit Awards, as well as a Critics Choice Award for Moura's performance. International critics also widely recognized the film at the International Cinephile Society Awards, where it earned multiple wins, including Best Picture and Best Director. The feature has also garnered awards at festivals including the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Lima Film Festival, Biarritz Latin America Festival, the Zurich Film Festival, Film Festival Cologne, the Gáldar International Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival. In total, the production has now received more than 75 international awards and has earned four Academy Award nominations.

About CinemaScópio

CinemaScópio is an independent production company based in Pernambuco, founded by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux. In the 2000s, Kleber's short films, "The Little Cotton Girl" (2003), "Green Vinyl" (2004), "Eletrodoméstica" (2005), "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" (2006), "Cold Tropics" (2009) and the feature-length documentary "Crítico" (2008) won more than 100 awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad. Between 2008 and 2015, CinemaScópio also emerged as one of Recife's leading audiovisual companies, producing or co-producing films by rising talents such as Leonardo Sette ("Ocidente", "Confessionário"), Tião and Nara Normande ("Heartless"), Juliano Dornelles ("Mens Sana in Corpore Sano") and Leonardo Lacca ("Coffee Stains"). In 2013, CinemaScópio released Kleber Mendonça Filho's first feature-length film, "Neighboring Sounds," which was selected for more than 100 festivals and won 32 awards. The film was named one of the 10 best films of the year by The New York Times and was selected as Brazil's entry for the Academy Awards. Kleber Mendonça Filho's second feature, "Aquarius," starring Sonia Braga, premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2016. It was distributed in more than 100 countries and won 51 festival awards. "Bacurau," co-directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles, premiered in the competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 and won the Jury Prize. In 2023, the essay film/documentary, "Pictures of Ghosts" also premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in a Special Screening. The company also produced Nara Normande and Tião's "Heartless" (selected for the Venice Film Festival in 2023) and Nele Wohlatz's "Sleep with Your Eyes Open" (winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024). CinemaScópio is also behind Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, a festival that has become one of the country's most important film events since its founding in 2008.

About Vitrine Filmes Vitrine Filmes is an independent film distributor that has been championing Brazilian and Latin American audiovisual content for the past 15 years. It was a pioneer in decentralizing the theatrical exhibition circuit through the Sessão Vitrine project and, since 2020, it has broadened its scope through initiatives such as Vitrine España, dedicated to film production and distribution in Europe; the Manequim label, focused on more commercial titles; the online course Vitrine Lab; and Vitrine Produções, dedicated to the development of new Brazilian projects. More than five million people have seen Vitrine's films in theaters. Highlights from its catalog include Bacurau , winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival; Another Round , winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film; and Our Dream , the biopic of Claudinho and Buchecha, the top-grossing Brazilian film of 2023. In 2025, Vitrine released Marcelo Caetan's Baby , which screened at Cannes, and is now preparing the re-release of Jorge Furtado's Basic Sanitation and Isle of Flowers , newly restored in 4K. Also coming to theaters later this year are Gabriel Mascaro's The Blue Trail , which won the Silver Bear in Berlin, and The Secret Agent , the new feature from Kleber Mendonça Filho starring Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido and Gabriel Leone.

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