'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil

Cinematographer Evgenia Alexandrova, AFC shot 'The Secret Agent,' Brazil's Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film, using bright saturated colors on the Arri Alexa 35 with vintage Panavision B Series anamorphic lenses to contrast the dark political thriller set during Brazil's 1977 military dictatorship. The film follows a former teacher on the run in Recife during Carnival week, and Alexandrova deliberately embraced lens imperfections and a reddish undertone in her LUTs to capture Brazil's contradictions of vibrancy and violence.