Lula revived Brazilian cinema, says 'The Secret Agent' director
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Bras lia: Brazil s latest Oscar nominated thriller The Secret Agent has resonated with audiences around the world as a universal tale of authoritari...
Brasília: Brazil's latest Oscar-nominated thriller "The Secret Agent" has resonated with audiences around the world as a universal tale of authoritarian regimes using their power "to crush people," director Kleber Mendonca Filho told AFP in an interview.
Following on "I'm Still Here," winner of last year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the new film about Brazil's 1964-1985 dictatorship has captivated Hollywood.
Fresh from winning two Golden Globes, the period thriller picked up four Oscar nominations on Thursday -- Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, Best Actor for Wagner Moura and Best Casting.
Mendonca Filho, the director of 2016's "Aquarius," about a woman refusing to be driven out of her home by developers, and 2019's anti-imperialism drama "Bacurau," links the current boom in the Brazilian film industry to the return to power of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2023.
Under Lula's far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, "culture was extinguished in Brazil," he said.
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