"At a gas station en route, he tells inquisitive cops he's just traveling to attend the local Carnaval celebrations. But we suspect his mission is more urgent, a threat of discovery underlined not just by the officers' casual insistence on a bribe, but by the presence of a rotting corpse on the premises. The attendant says it's just a would-be robber who failed to get away."
"Armando lands in the apartment complex run by Dona Sebastiana (Tania Maria), a gossipy old lady who's nonetheless a keeper of secrets-pretty much everyone living here is a political refugee of some sort or another. It's an amiable community where our widowed hero quickly finds a lover (Hermila Guedes' Claudia), plus a job in a records-keeping office. He also finds the real reason for his coming here: Son Fernando (Enzio Nunes), who's been raised by grandparents while his parents stayed underground."
The Secret Agent unfolds in 1977 Brazil amid a repressive military dictatorship. A man using the name Armando travels to coastal Recife claiming to attend Carnaval while actually searching for his son. An encounter at a gas station, including indifferent police, a demanded bribe, and a rotting corpse, establishes normalized violence and corruption. Armando settles in an apartment complex run by Dona Sebastiana where many residents are political refugees. He gains a lover and a records-keeping job and locates his son, Fernando, who was raised by grandparents while his parents remained underground. Armando's multiple aliases signal ongoing danger.
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