Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica
### **ABOUT THE FILMS: ** **THE SECRET AGENT, 2025, Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, 158 Mins, NEON, Brazil/France/Germany/Netherlands** *In Portuguese with English subtitles.* THE SECRET AGENT is a 2025 Brazilian historical political thriller film written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. It stars Wagner Moura as Marcelo, a teacher caught in the political turmoil of the final years of the Brazilian military dictatorship, attempting to flee persecution. FORMAT: DCP **MARIGHELLA, 2019, Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, 155 Mins, ArtMattan Productions, Brazil** *In Portuguese with English subtitles.* MARIGHELLA is a Brazilian action drama set in 1969 based on the life of Afro-Brazilian politician and guerrilla fighter Carlos Marighella. Facing a violent military dictatorship and with little support from a timid opposition, writer-turned-politician Carlos Marighella organizes a resistance movement. Alongside revolutionaries 30 years younger than him and willing to fight, the revolutionary leader opts for action. FORMAT: DCP