EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho is again in Competitors in Cannes for the third time with 1977-set thriller The Secret Agent, and Deadline can reveal a primary clip.
Wagner Maura (Civil Struggle, Narcos: Mexico) stars as a expertise skilled in his early 40s, is on the run.
He travels to Brazil’s northeastern port metropolis of Recife throughout carnival week, hoping to reunite along with his son however quickly realizes that town is much from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.
Like Walter Salles’ latest Oscar winner I’m Nonetheless Right here, the drama is about towards the backdrop of Brazil’s the navy dictatorship, which lasted from 1964 to 1985. Nevertheless, Filho, who hails from Recife, says his movie takes a distinct strategy to that interval.
“Each time I informed individuals the movie could be set in 1977, the primary phrase that comes out is ‘dictatorship’. Which is okay, however in Brazilian cinema, and Argentinian cinema as properly, there’s a sub-genre of the dictatorship film,” says Filho.
“The problem was to make a movie concerning the logic of that point with out ticking all of the containers of the dictatorship film. I’m not towards these movies. In reality, we simply had a really sturdy and delightful movie in Brazilian cinema, I’m Nonetheless Right here, by Walter Salles, which did wonders for a lot of younger individuals who weren’t even conscious of that second in historical past. However with this movie, it’s very a lot concerning the ambiance, the fumes.”
The Brazilian, French, German and Netherlands Movie is produced by Cinemascópio, MK Productions, Lemming Movie, One Two Movies. Paris-based mk2 movies is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
