The Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent has already made history by becoming Brazil’s second movie to receive a nomination for Best Picture. In this conversation, its writer and director, Kleber Mendonça Filho, reflects on the legacy of Brazil’s military dictatorship and why sometimes simply remembering the past as it was can be considered a radical act.

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Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent and the Stories Brazil Can’t Forget