US Edition‘The Secret Agent’ earns 4 Oscar nominations, boosting Brazilian cinema
The Secret Agent earned four Oscar nods, matching Brazil's record and drawing over 1 million viewers, highlighting the country's cinematic rise and political history reflection.
- Thursday's Oscar announcements gave `The Secret Agent` four category nominations including best picture, best actor, best international film and achievement in casting, confirming Brazilian cinema's rising appeal.
- Set during Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship, the film explores repression and power, with more than one million viewers and last year's `I'm Still Here` marking a box-office upswing.
- Cinema experts say recent successes are changing Brazilians' relationship with local film, while Brazilian moviegoers recounted personal ties to dictatorship-era abuses and intense emotion after screenings.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the Brazilian film industry is `experiencing one of the best moments in its history`, with proud Brazilian moviegoers showing up on international awards and red carpets.
- Observers say `The Secret Agent` and last year's `I'm Still Here` have sparked nationwide debate on Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship while resonating in the United States and Europe.
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Brazil's latest Oscar-nominated thriller "The Secret Agent" has resonated with audiences around the world as a universal tale of authoritarian regimes using their power "to crush people," director Kleber Mendonca Filho told AFP in an interview.
By ELÉONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians are celebrating the four Oscar nominations for the film “O Agente Secreto” (The Secret Agent), confirming the rise of Brazilian cinema and its universal appeal. “O Agente Secreto,” nominated for best picture, best actor, best international film, and casting achievement, now shares Brazil’s record for most Oscar nominations with the acclaimed 2002 film “Cidade de Deus” (City of God), set in a Ri…
The past is never past. Especially if you lived in Brazil in 1977, “a period of much deception.” That idea opens The secret agent [recently nominated for Best International Film in the Oscars], the extraordinary excavation of Kleber Mendonça Filho about a period of authoritarianism that could have a surprising resemblance to more recent times. Then follows a montage of vintage photos in black and white, snapshots of everyday life and movie frame…
‘The Secret Agent’ earns 4 Oscar nominations, boosting Brazilian cinema
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians celebrated the nomination of “The Secret Agent” film to four Oscar categories on Thursday, which many said confirmed the rise of Brazilian cinema and its universal appeal. “The Secret Agent” — nominated for best picture, best actor, best international film and achievement in casting — now shares Brazil’s record for nominations, alongside the famed 2002 film “City of God” set in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. “The Se…
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