When Does "The Secret Agent" (2025) Take Place?
"O Agente Secreto" (released to English-speaking audiences as "The Secret Agent") is a historical fiction film written by Kleber Mendonça Filho that released November 6th, 2025. So when is "The Secret Agent" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because in one scene two girls are listening to cassette tapes and one is labeled for February 25th, 1977 AD. So it's likely during or after February of 1977 AD.
1977 AD
We know this because in one scene two girls are listening to cassette tapes and one is labeled for February 25th, 1977 AD. So it's likely during or after February of 1977 AD.
More conclusively, a character is referred to as 77-years-old and her birth certificate is shown clearly showing us she was born in 1900 AD.
1,900 + 77 = 1,977.
Additionally, there is an epilogue .
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