8legs: Cannes film festival

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Deadline previews The Secret Agent as Brazil’s official entry for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards.
The Cannes premiere earned Filho Best Director and Moura Best Actor honors, with the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film.
The story centers Marcelo, a widower and technology researcher, who flees mercenaries amid Brazil's dictatorship in 1977.
The film uses memory and a newspaper clipping to depict Marcelo’s killing and connect past and present.
Deadline’s broader series includes other Oscar-contending scripts like ‘Sound Of Falling’ and ‘Is This Thing On?’.
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho emphasizes a memory-focused narrative amid Brazil’s historical amnesia.
The screenplay excerpt and analysis are part of Deadline’s ongoing Read The Screenplay series.
Deadline notes the film’s political backdrop as a critique of repression and memory in Brazil.
The film’s title in Portuguese is O Agente Secreto, and Neon distributes the Cannes-recognized thriller.
Deadline attributes the film’s success to a signaled blend of intimate drama and political context.

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Imogen Poots notes the collaboration with Kristen Stewart on The Chronology of Water and calls it a deeply collaborative experience.
Poots describes committing fully to the difficult, emotional role of Lidia Yuknavitch’s character.
She explains the film’s Cannes reception as a meaningful, authentic project rather than a trend.
Poots shares plans to continue working with filmmakers she admires and to seek enjoyable, meaningful projects.
She mentions holidays with family in London and a visit to a friend who runs a Sussex flower farm.
Poots reflects on the challenges and costs of making a movie, noting the juxtaposition of glamour and hard work.
She discusses the lyricism of Yuknavitch’s memoir and how it resonates with her acting approach.
Poots emphasizes the importance of authenticity and personal stakes in the project’s success.
The interview reveals Poots’s interest in future collaborations and maintaining a balance between fun and seriousness in work.

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