I remember the smells of 1977, I remember the texture of the time, how Brazil felt,” says The Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho. “It’s been 50 years, so a lot has changed, but ironically, in the last 10 years,

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To create the leg seen in “ The Secret Agent ,” Mendonça contracted the Dutch stop motion animation studio Holy Motion to work on the film. The studio sent several tests before they nailed Mendonça’s desired look — for the leg to be slimy, disgusting, and very hairy.