Entertainment · Film · 23 hrs ago
Kleber Mendonça Filho plans film about 1930s Recife
Kleber Mendonça Filho announced a new film called “O Correspondente Estrangeiro.”
It will portray German efforts to spread Nazi propaganda in Recife during the 1930s, under the government of Getúlio Vargas.
The director hopes to work with Wagner Moura again; Moura starred in Mendonça Filho’s latest feature, “O Agente Secreto.”
Mendonça Filho said he does not remember the 1930s and needs to study the period, setting aside 14 books for research.
He is also developing a documentary about Recife in the 1990s, a decade he said shaped him as an artist.
That project will use archive footage, as his earlier film “Retratos Fantasmas” did to show Recife’s past.
Research on the 1930s film is still ahead, and the director has not shared further details.
Kleber Mendonça Filho announced a film called “O Correspondente Estrangeiro” set in the 1930s.
The film will portray Germans arriving in Recife during the Vargas government to spread Nazi propaganda, according to Exame.
Mendonça Filho said he wants to work again with actor Wagner Moura.
He said he needs to read and investigate the decade because he does not remember it.
The director is also working on a separate archival film about Recife in the 1990s.
- Who
- Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho announced the film and said he wants Wagner Moura involved.
- What
- A film titled “O Correspondente Estrangeiro” will portray events in Recife in the 1930s.
- When
- The announcement was made at a Cine Ceará press conference. The sources disagree on whether it was Saturday, November 7 or Saturday, November 8, 2026.
- Where
- The announcement was made at Cine Ceará in Fortaleza; the film is set in Recife.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Film title
- O Correspondente Estrangeiro
- Period depicted
- 1930s
- Setting
- Recife
- Historical context
- Germans arriving during the Vargas government to spread Nazi propaganda
- Potential collaborator
- Wagner Moura
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What people are saying
Unlike the 1970s, I don’t remember the 1930s. I need to read and investigate.
Unlike the 1970s, I don’t remember the 1930s. And I need to read a lot.
I’m very excited, at this moment, about this other project.