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Released
2025 · FILM

The Secret Agent

A tech‑savvy exile races against Brazil’s brutal military regime to reach his son in Recife during Carnival, only to discover the festive streets hide deadly enemies threatening both his freedom and his family.

“Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.”

Directed by
Kleber Mendonca Filho
Written by
Kleber Mendonca Filho
Rated
BBFC · 15
Runtime
161 min
Language
PT
CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

In 1977 Brazil, Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is fleeing. Seeking to reunite with his son, he makes his way to Recife for Carnival, only to discover that the city is not the refuge he had hoped for.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Matheus FariasShot by Evgenia AlexandrovaScored by Mateus AlvesDesigned by Thales Junqueira

Box Office

2025 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$19.0M

Budget$5.0M
Worldwide gross$19.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $4.3M — 23% of worldwide · International: $14.7M (77%)

Opening weekend: $25K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $25K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Also known as

  • The Secret Agenten
  • L'Agent secretfr

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