Set against the backdrop of the international espionage world, the visually striking spy thriller The Secret Agent stars one of Brazil’s most acclaimed actors, Wagner Moura, as Marcelo, a political dissident relentlessly pursued by the military dictatorship. Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his forties, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he arrives in Recife during Carnival week, only to quickly realize that the peace he longs for remains out of reach—because those hunting him have found him once again.