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fromThe Independent
3 days agoThis Brazilian Oscar contender has the best acting you'll see in 2026
The Secret Agent portrays Brazil's 1977 military dictatorship through hallucinatory pulp-horror, blending political thriller, grotesque surrealism, and dark comedy centered on a vengeful disembodied limb.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoI've been advised not to say certain things': The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats
Unusually for a political period drama that is not in the English language, runs nearly three hours and peppers its authentic portrayal of a military dictatorship with sight gags and gory shootouts, The Secret Agent has transpired to be quite the awards magnet. Best picture and best actor, for its star Wagner Moura (who recently won a Golden Globe), are two of the four categories in which it will compete at next month's Oscars.
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fromRoger Ebert
4 months agoWhy "I'm Still Here" Will Always Be a Powerful Watch | Far Flungers | Roger Ebert
Walter Salles' " I'm Still Here," which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar earlier this year, calmly but powerfully observes a real-life personal struggle under a dictatorship in Brazil during the early 1970s. While never overlooking the grim and horrific aspects of that time, the movie stays focused on small but resonant human moments, and these intimate interactions become all the more poignant to us as the story eventually arrives at its two-part epilogue.
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