‘The Secret Agent’ Sweeps 13th Premios Platino While Netflix’s Ambitious Argentine Series ‘The Eternaut’ Dominates TV Prizes

By Anna Marie de la Fuente

Anna Marie de la Fuente

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For the second year in a row, a Brazilian feature swept top honors at the annual Ibero-American awards event Premios Platino, dubbed the Platinos Xcaret after its venue in the Riviera Maya, Mexico this year.

Kleber Mendonça’s “The Secret Agent” took home best feature, director, screenplay and actor (Wagner Moura) honors and in four other categories, topping last year’s “I’m Still Here” by Walter Salles, which won in three. The crime drama was nominated for four Oscars and snagged four prizes in Cannes, including director and actor.  

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