The Secret Agent - Teaser Trailer

MUBI has released the new poster for Kleber Mendonça Filho’s political-crime thriller The Secret Agent, which will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 20 February 2026.

A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbours in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption.

You can read our review here.

The Secret Agent stars Wagner Moura (Narcos, Civil War), Maria Fernanda Cândido (Vermelho Monet, The Traitor) and Gabriel Leone (Eduardo and Monica, Verdades Secretas). The film received its World Premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where Wagner Moura won the Best Actor prize, Mendonça Filho was awarded the Best Director prize, and the film received the FIPRESCI and Art House Cinema Awards. The film has also been shortlisted in the International Feature category for the 2026 Academy Awards® and nominated for Foreign Language Film of the Year by the London Critics Circle with Wagner Moura also recognised in the Actor of the Year category.

Exploring the tension between personal conviction and political corruption, The Secret Agent is a gripping portrait of resistance and betrayal that resonates with today’s global climate.

The Secret Agent opens in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 20th February 2026.