THE SECRET AGENT: The Pain of Childhood Loss: “I Don’t Remember”

A death threat hanging over you isn’t always about an assassin. Even though an assassin was after Armando (AKA Marcel Alves) in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film, The Secret Agent. But there’s so much more. When you’re terrified of loss after loss, it’s like the Grim Reaper follows you around. You’re waiting for someone else to be taken away, but you can’t let yourself know. Like Fernando, Armando’s little boy.