The protagonist rose to fame with his performance at the Newport Beach Film Festival
Wagner Moura His film achievements once again earned him international award fame. secret agent. This time, the film received an honorable mention at the Newport Beach Film Festival held in California, USA, for its “extraordinary performance.” The movie was released in theaters in Brazil last Thursday, the 6th.
This is the fourth statuette the actor has ever won for this role. In addition to winning the Cannes Film Festival (for which Kleber Mendonça Filho was the director), it also won at the Zurich International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival.
Wagner Moura is currently one of the main contenders for the Best Actor Oscar in 2026. “We’re doing everything right, but I think we need to calm down and breathe. When we start getting these nominations, we start to say the path is starting to look more real,” the actor said in October.
secret agent It depicts the social and political tensions experienced in Brazil in the 1970s. Check out the interview and review of director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s work.
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