8.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Secret Agent (2025)
The Secret Agent (2025)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Viewer Rating
8.4
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques Brazil's 1977 military dictatorship, depicting state repression, corruption, and social inequalities while championing resistance and historical truth-seeking through its narrative of persecuted dissidents.
The film features a diverse international and Brazilian cast, including significant roles for female characters and Angolan Civil War refugees. Its narrative explicitly addresses themes of class stratification, economic inequality, and political resistance against oppressive systems, centering on marginalized communities and their struggles.
Secondary
Based on available information, 'The Secret Agent' (2025) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Plot summaries, character descriptions, and reviews consistently lack any mention of queer identities or related narrative elements, indicating no depiction within the film's scope.
Based on available information, 'The Secret Agent' (2025) does not appear to feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, there is no depiction to evaluate regarding its impact on the portrayal of transsexual individuals or the transgender community.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an original work featuring new, fictional characters. The provided information explicitly states that no characters have an on-screen gender differing from their established gender in source material or historical record.
The film is an original work with no prior source material, meaning all characters are new creations. Consequently, there are no pre-established canonical or historical racial depictions to be altered, thus precluding any race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.3
Critic Ratings
9.8
9.2
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