The Brazilian feature film The Secret Agent has been nominated in two categories for the 2026 Golden Globes: Best Drama Film and Best Non-English Language Film. The production directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho also earned lead actor Wagner Moura a nomination in the Best Actor category, consolidating the film’s strong performance since its debut.
Set in the 1970s, the feature follows the journey of a university professor — played by Wagner Moura — who returns to Recife to reunite with his youngest son amid the tensions of the military dictatorship. The work has become one of Brazil’s bets in the race for a new Oscar statuette, after accumulating awards at international festivals since its release.
In the Best Drama Film competition, The Secret Agent competes with:
• Frankenstein
• Hamnet – A Life Before Hamlet
• It Was Just An Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sinners
In the Best Non-English Language Film category, it faces:
• It Was Just An Accident (France)
• No Other Choice (South Korea)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)
• Sirāt (Spain)
• The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)
Wagner Moura appears among the Best Actor nominees, alongside:
• Joel Edgerton, Train Dream
• Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
• Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
• Jeremy Allen White, Deliver Me From Nowhere
Source: brasil247.com