The Brazilian film “The Secret Agent” was nominated for the award for Best Drama Film no Golden Globes 2026an award considered a “thermometer” for the Oscars.
The work, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, competes in the category against , “Hamnet”, , and “Pecadores”.
In addition to this category, the feature film was also nominated for two other awards: Best Non-English Language Film e Best Actor in a Drama Filmfor the performance of Wagner Moura. .
In the category with feature films from other countries such as France, South Korea, Spain and Norway. Among the best drama films, Brazilian production competes with “Franskenstein”, “Hamnet”, “Foi Só Um Acidente”, “Valor Sentimental” and “Pecadores”.
Among the nominees in the Best Actor category, Wagner Moura will compete for the statuette in the Best Drama Actor category with Joel Edgerton (“Train Dreams”), Oscar Isaac “Frankenstein”), , Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and .
Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, nominated in the .
The ceremony for the 86th edition is scheduled for January 11th, at 9 pm, in Los Angeles, in the United States. The production repeats the feat of “I’m Still Here”, which competed in the same category at this year’s awards.
What is “The Secret Agent” about?
Set in Recife in 1977, the title is a political thriller, which follows Marcelo, a professor who runs away from a mysterious past and returns to Recife in search of peace, but soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he is looking for.
The production stars Wagner Moura (“Elite Troop”), Maria Fernanda Cândido (“Our Land”), Gabriel Leone (“Dom”), Isabel Zuaa (“O Nó do Diabo”), Alice Carvalho (“Cangaço Novo”) and more.
