Should you watch The Mole Agent?
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The Mole Agent
Documentary · 2020
When a daughter becomes concerned about her mother's well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires Sergio, an 83-year-old man who becomes a new resident—and a mole inside the home, who struggles to balance his assignment with becoming increasingly involved in the lives of several residents.
The sides of The Mole Agent
- An 83-year-old man hired as a spy
- A retirement home in Chile
- Residents who become his friends
The Mole Agent is good for you if…
- you like a gentle, funny film with a kind old man at its center.
- you love Sergio and the women he meets in the home.
- you like being moved by loneliness in old age.
The Mole Agent is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Spanish.
- you want real spy suspense. Sergio's missions are mostly notes and phone calls.
About: old age · loneliness · kindness
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