PMA Films: The Secret Agent @ Portland Museum of Art

This film received the most awards at the Cannes 2025 Festival, has a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and is considered a neo-noir historical political thriller film. Please note that it is not in English and will have English Subtitles.

160 minutes. Rated R. Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. In Portuguese, German, and English with English subtitles. DCP.

In 1977, Marcelo, a technology teacher, moves from São Paulo to Recife during Carnival to escape his violent past and start over. He finds the city full of chaos, and his neighbors begin to spy on him.

Tickets should be purchased in advance at: https://portlandmuseum.ticketapp.org/portal/product/113/event/dbb29d48-cfe3-4496-b7df-8878aae58a96 and are $10 per person (there are discounts for members and students).

You can also buy tickets when you arrive but you take the risk of it selling out.

If you haven't been to the Portland Museum of Art of a film, you do not need to buy a ticket to the museum itself - just to the film. The films are shown in the auditorium downstairs next to the PMA cafe. There are also bathrooms at the bottom of the stairs across from the cafe. Seating is first come first serve. The cafe sells alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, bakery items and snacks.

We'll meet at 2:45 p.m. outside of the auditorium. Please arrive early to have time to purchase snacks/drinks before meeting with the group. There is usually a line that forms before the movie at the cafe.