A pair of Globes for ‘The Secret Agent’

“The Secret Agent” made Brazilian cinema history by winning two Golden Globes on Sunday. The film won best actor in a motion picture drama for Wagner Moura and best non-English-language film, losing only best motion picture drama to “Hamnet: The Life Before Hamlet.” 

It was the first time Brazil had taken home two prizes in a single edition of the ceremony, and Moura became the first Brazilian actor to win in that category.

Set in the 1970s, “The Secret Agent” tells the story of a university professor who returns to Recife, the capital of Pernambuco state, to reunite with his youngest son despite the dangers posed by Brazil’s military dictatorship. Moura plays a man navigating memory, fear and responsibility under an authoritarian regime.