
I'm Still Here(2024)
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.


“Brazil 1977, a time of great mischief.”
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.

Wagner Moura
Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves / Adult Fernando Solimões

Tânia Maria
Dona Sebastiana

Alice Carvalho
Fátima

Maria Fernanda Cândido
Elza / Sara Guébert

Gabriel Leone
Bobbi Borba

Udo Kier
Hans

Carlos Francisco
Seu Alexandre

Thomás Aquino
Valdemar

Hermila Guedes
Claudia

Robério Diógenes
Euclides Cavalcante
The Secret Agent is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2025 exploring themes of police, professor, 1970s, secret agent, dictatorship, on the run. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, it stars Wagner Moura, Tânia Maria, Alice Carvalho. 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.
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