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The Mole Agent (El agente topo)

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Original title: El agente topo
Year: 2020
Running time: 86 min.
Country: Chile
Director: Maite Alberdi
Screenwriter: Maite Alberdi
Music: Vincent van Warmerdam
Cinematography: Pablo Valdés
Cast: Documentary, Self: Sergio Chamy, Rómulo Aitken, Marta Olivares, Berta Ureta, Zoila González, Petronila Abarca, Rubira Olivares
Producer: Co-production Chile-Germany-Spain-Netherlands-United States;
Micromundo Producciones, Motto Pictures, Sutor Kolonko, Volya Films, Malvalanda
Genre: Documentary | Old Age / Elderly
Synopsis: Sergio is a Chilean spy. Sort of. At least, he is offered the role of one after a casting session organized by Detective Romulo, a private investigator who needs a credible mole to infiltrate a retirement home. Romulo’s client, the concerned daughter of a resident, suspects her mother is being abused and hires him to find out what is really happening. However, Sergio is 83, not 007, and not an easy trainee when it comes to technology and spying techniques. While gathering intelligence, Sergio grows close to several residents and realizes that the menacing truth beneath the surface is not what anyone had suspected.

Awards: 2020: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature

2020: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2020: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Foreign Films

2020: Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Documentary Competition

2020: San Sebastian Film Festival: Audience Award - Best European Film

2020: Goya Awards: Nominated for Best Hispano American Film

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2020: Forque Awards: Nominated for Best Latin American Film

2020: Ariel Awards: Best Latin-American Film

2021: Platino Awards: Best Documentary & Film & Values Education Award

Critics' reviews

"Funny, poignant and finely crafted."

John DeFore: The Hollywood Reporter
"The most heartwarming spy movie ever made, a rare combination of genres that only works so well because it sneaks up on you. "

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"The movie’s straddling of the dramatic and the documentary forms is unsettling (...) But the film’s people are moving, and the payoff is compassionate, humane and worth heeding."

Glenn Kenny: The New York Times
"Anxiously search for drama. (...) 'The Mole Agent' pads its running time with shots of stray cats and flapping laundry before rejiggering itself for a sincere message about the power of community"

Amy Nicholson: Variety
"The documentary succeeds with its tenderness, while vividly reminding us how easily society can forget its elders (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Nick Allen: rogerebert.com
"A moving documentary about age and loneliness (...) 'The Mole Agent' is so meticulously stylized and paced that it feels like fiction (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Pat Brown: Slant
"Maite Alberdi taking a fresh approach to a big subject, this spry documentary should readily attract audiences with its warmth, humanity and quiet compassion."

Allan Hunter: Screendaily
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