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Evgenia Alexandrova, AFC, looks back at the filming of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s "O Agente Secreto" ("The Secret Agent")
By François Reumont for the AFC
After Aquarius and Bacurau, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho is back in Cannes Palme d’Or competition with O Agente Secreto, a period film that borrows heavily from the B-movie codes of the 70s. CinemaScope, zoom and split screens are used in this story of killing contract lensed by Evgenia Alexandrova, AFC... Let’s take a look with her at the making of it in Recife, the Brazilian cinegoer and film-maker’s town. (FR)
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a man in his forties fleeing a troubled past, arrives in the city of Recife where Carnival is in full swing. He has come to find his young son and hopes to build a new life there. But there are death threats hanging over his head...
From L to R : Kléber Mendonça, Evgenia Alexandrova, Werick Dino and Felipe Fernandez
Photo Ligia Tiemi Sumi
