US EditionBrazil's Truth-Teller Mendonca Filho's Double Cannes Win
- On Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho received the best director award while his thriller "The Secret Agent" secured two honors.
- The film, set in Recife in 1977 during Brazil's military dictatorship, follows an academic hunted by hitmen hired by a corrupt minister aiming to close a university lab for private gain.
- Mendonca Filho, a former journalist known for exposing corruption, stated that Brazil struggles with a collective forgetting that was cemented by the 1979 amnesty during the transition back to democratic governance.
- Reviews called the film a “terrific… meaty period piece” and praised Mendonca Filho's “thrilling, bravura film-making” in a five-star review, while star Wagner Moura expressed strong support for the director.
- This third Cannes triumph for Mendonca Filho highlights ongoing political themes and suggests parallels to current attacks on education, which he associates with far-right actions especially in the United States.
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Brazil's truth-teller Mendonca Filho's double Cannes win
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho, whose thriller "The Secret Agent" won two prizes at the Cannes film festival Saturday, revels in getting under the skin of his homeland.
At CNN, "The Secret Agent" Has Won the Cannes Festival
The Brazilian film achieved a historic fact in the famous Cannes Festival with the film “The Secret Agent”. National production won three important prizes: Best Director for Kleber Mendonça Child, Best Actor for Wagner Moura and the prestigious Award of Critic. In an interview with CNN Prime Time, actress Alice Carvalho, the member of the list, shared the team’s emotion: “It’s a great joy. It’s a prize that all the list and all the teams receive…
Corinthians, Lula, Barbara Paz and others celebrate Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça in Cannes - News Bulletin 247
Great personalities of cinema, television and even Brazilian politics congratulated Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça Filho on Saturday (24). The artist was elected the best actor at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival for his performance in “The Secret Agent”, while the director was laureate with the best direction trophy. This is the first time a Brazilian has won the men’s interpretation award in the festival’s main competition. With …
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