The Secret Agent (Brazil)

After the victory of 'I'm Still Here' last year, will Brazil again lift the Oscar for Best International Feature Film? Many think so and many hope so, even if 'The Secret Agent' appears to be a slight underdog to Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value'. Regardless of the result, this is one of the most significant feature films of recent years, a production that mixes genres and admirably thinks about the power of narrative and cinematic language, managing to be incisive, melancholic and highly original at the same time.