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The Secret Agent

Name: The Secret Agent
Genre: stop-motion (sequence)
Released: 2025

Brazil

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Studio Holy Motion

Year2025

FormatFilm · feature

Techniquestop-motion (sequence)

Notes

Brazilian political thriller directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, set during Brazil's 1977 military dictatorship; nominated for 4 Oscars (Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Actor for Wagner Moura, Best Casting). Includes a stop-motion animated sequence depicting the 'hairy leg' (perna cabeluda) urban legend, code for the military police in 1970s Recife; the sequence was created by Dutch stop-motion studio Holy Motion. primary_studios set to Holy Motion, the Dutch stop-motion studio already named in this row's notes as creator of the film's animated sequence. (2026-08-12 daily enrichment)

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Cast and crew credited on The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho	director; writer	direction
	stop-motion animation ("hairy leg" sequence)	animation

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