The Secret Agent — Carbon Arc

Thursday, February 19, 8:30 PM Sunday, February 22, 5:30 PM – followed by conversation with a Carbon Arc programmer Sunday, February 22, 8:45 PM Sunday, March 15, 8:30 PM Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands | 2025 | 158m Portuguese & German with English subtitles Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting. Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes. A thematically rich and visually arresting political thriller, The Secret Agent blends grindhouse stylization with biting social commentary to weave a vividly dangerous yet darkly human tale. “If The Secret Agent is as complex and rewarding as a taste from a dusty bottle of wine, it’s also part of an ongoing consideration in this year’s releases about what it means to be part of a resistance.” – Alison Willmore, New York Magazine/Vulture ““(A) period of great mischief.” That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s extraordinary excavation of a bygone age of national repression that may or may not bear a striking resemblance to more recent ages of authoritarianism.” – David Fear, Rolling Stone Winner: Best Actor, Best Director, FIPRESCI Prize – Cannes Film Festival 2025 Winner: Best Male Actor – Golden Globes, 2026 Winner: Best Film Not in the English Language – LA Film Critics Association Award Winner: Best Actor, Best International Film – New York Film Critics Circle Awards Winner: Best Cinematography – Stockholm Film Festival Winner: Golden Eye Award – Zurich Film Festival Tickets $12 ($11.40 cash at the door if available) Thursday, February 19, 8:30 PM tickets Tagged sunday late