Let 'The Secret Agent' fill you in on what it's like to live under a dictatorship ^73.6%

NPR - By John Powers - 12/5/2025, 5:21 PM

A research scientist is on the run from hitmen in this thrilling film. Set in 1977 Brazil, The Secret Agent captures the daily realities and surreal absurdities of life in an authoritarian state. If you've spent any time in a dictatorship — I've had that happy experience — you understand why your high school teachers were always praising... more