While Neon’s “The Secret Agent” landed four Oscar noms, including best international feature, its writer-director, Kleber Mendonça Filho, is not technically an Oscar nominee under current Academy rules, which award the category to the submitting country rather than the individual filmmakers (even though their names are engraved on the Oscar statuette). It’s a long-standing rule that is in desperate need of updating, and Moura agrees.
“I think his screenplay is brilliant,” Moura says during the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast. “The script for ‘The Secret Agent’ is one of the best things that I have read. Kleber is the reason why this movie is successful.”
The Secret Agent Courtesy of Neon
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