The Mole Agent (2020)

Original title

El agente topo

Directed by

Maite Alberdi

Genre

documentary film

Country

Chile

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

G

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 259 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly man goes undercover in a retirement home to report on the quality of care. The camera follows his quiet observations and growing connections with the residents.

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What happens

The Mole Agent (Spanish: El agente topo) is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film by Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi. It was screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. At the 93rd Academy Awards, It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was selected as the Chilean entry for Best International Feature Film, making the shortlist of fifteen films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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