\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Actor Wagner Moura became the first Brazilian to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama on Sunday for his role in the Brazilian thriller O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent).\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe secret agent is a film about memory, or the lack of memory, and generational trauma,\u201d Moura said in his acceptance speech. \u201cI think if trauma can be passed down generations, values can too. So [this award] is for the ones who are sticking with their values in difficult moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Directed by Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho, The Secret Agent is set during the Brazilian military dictatorship of the 1970s, and follows Armando, a former teacher played by Moura, who is forced to live in hiding while trying to protect his son.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It also won \u201cBest Motion Picture \u2013Non-English Language,\u201d and was nominated for \u201cBest Motion Picture \u2013 Drama\u201d at the international film and television awards.<\/p>\n
The role had already earned Moura the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival, making him also the first Brazilian actor to win that award.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe dictatorship remains an open wound in our lives,\u201d Moura told the press after the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt happened just 50 years ago, and recently, from 2018 to 2022, we had a far-right president in Brazil, a fascist who is the physical embodiment of the echoes of the dictatorship,\u201d he added, referring to former President Jair Bolsonaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDictatorship is still very present in everyday Brazilian life. That\u2019s why we have to keep making films about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Moura is the second Brazilian to receive a Golden Globe for acting, after Fernanda Torres won as Best Actress in a Drama in 2025 for her role in biographical film Ainda estou aqui (I\u2019m still here), which was also about the Brazilian dictatorship.<\/p>\n
Lula da Silva celebrates \u2019motive of pride\u2019 Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva took to X to celebrate the film\u2019s success at the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrazilian cinema once again at the top of the world!\u201d he wrote. \u201cIncredible victory by the extremely talented Wagner Moura as Best Actor in a Drama at the Golden Globes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He went on to highlight the win as a sign that \u201cBrazilian cinema has been attracting the attention and respect of people in all regions\u201d and is an \u201cimportant symbol of the return of appreciation for artists in [Brazil].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Actor Wagner Moura became the first Brazilian to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama on Sunday for his role in the Brazilian thriller O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent).\u00a0 \u201cThe secret agent is a film about memory, or the lack of memory, and generational trauma,\u201d Moura said in his acceptance speech. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[780,318,149,2245,1366,7532,1442],"tags":[1861,7530,133,2243,1364,7531,2188],"class_list":["post-25234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brazil","category-cinema","category-culture-ideas","category-dictatorship","category-film-series","category-golden-globes","category-human-rights","tag-brazil","tag-cinema","tag-culture-ideas","tag-dictatorship","tag-film-series","tag-golden-globes","tag-human-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}