2Its clock, and the show’s

First talked about in episode 35, 7 months after its release.

Release Film Gamed Maher Mosly An episode that discusses it (press to play)

3What critics and audiences made of it

These are other people’s scores, not Mahmoud’s or Maher’s. Theirs is in the episode.

7.2/10

IMDb users64.5k votes

7.2: higher than 57% of the 406 titles Harvesting discussed. It ranks 162nd.

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4What it cost, what it made

It made 3.8× its budget. By return, number 51 of the 207 films in the archive.

Budget $5M #220

Box office $19M #172

TMDB figures in US dollars, worldwide, not adjusted for inflation. # = its place among the archive’s films. Each notch on the bar is one whole budget.

208 films from Harvesting: budget against box office

5Who’s in it

Director · Writer Kleber Mendonça Filho
Music Mateus Alves
Music Tomaz Alves de Souza
Cinematography Evgenia Alexandrova
Editor Eduardo Serrano
Editor Matheus Farias

+2 Wagner Moura Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões
Alice Carvalho Fátima
+1 Gabriel Leone Bobbi
Isabél Zuaa Tereza Victória
Maria Fernanda Cândido Elza
Udo Kier Hans
Robson Andrade Clóvis
Rubens Santos Natalício

Threads to other titles on the show

6Where to watch it

Not available to watch in Egypt right now, according to JustWatch.

Watch data by JustWatch, via TMDB, as of 21 October 2026.

7The index card

The Secret Agent· 2025

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

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Original title: O Agente Secreto
Released: 23 July 2025
Runtime: 2h 41m
Status: Released
Certificate: US R
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina
Studios: Lemming Film, One Two Films, CinemaScópio, ARTE France Cinéma
Awards (from Wikidata, may be incomplete): 2026 Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film

3 wins in all· 3 nominations