The Mole Agent

Name: The Mole Agent
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 1, 2020
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 69

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date (Streaming): September 1, 2020 | Not Rated

Summary: When a family grows concerned for their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires 83-year-old Sergio to pose as a new resident and undercover spy inside the facility. The Mole Agent follows Sergio as he struggles to balance his assignment with his increasing involvement in the lives of the many residents heWhen a family grows concerned for their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires 83-year-old Sergio to pose as a new resident and undercover spy inside the facility. The Mole Agent follows Sergio as he struggles to balance his assignment with his increasing involvement in the lives of the many residents he meets. … Expand

Director: Maite Alberdi

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 84 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Sep 2, 2020

The Mole Agent may not look like a documentary, but it builds to a poetic finale enmeshed in emotional authenticity. Read full review

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The Playlist Jonathan Christian

Sep 2, 2020

The Mole Agent is a perfect film. From a technical and emotional viewpoint equally, The Mole Agent possesses no flaws. Yes, as with every documentary, manipulation is openly displayed and validity can always be questioned, but The Mole Agent dissuades any inkling of pessimism or negativity through its unabashed sincerity. Read full review

Pat Brown

Aug 31, 2020

That Maite Alberdi’s camera itself is present in The Mole Agent as a quasi-ethical concern suits the way Sergio, as he shuffles through the home’s hallways, gradually comes to be uncomfortable with his own surveillance. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Sep 2, 2020

The movie’s straddling of the dramatic and the documentary forms is unsettling. Unless you unquestioningly accept its method, this chronicle can look like a glaring invasion of privacy. But the film’s people are moving, and the payoff is compassionate, humane and worth heeding. Read full review

The Film Stage Matt Cipolla

Sep 2, 2020

The Mole Agent may stumble through some of its choices at first, but it sticks the landing by finding a cogitative dissonance and refusing to solve it. Read full review

Nikki Baughan

Dec 17, 2020

A moving exploration of the realities of growing old, Maite Alberdi’s documentary effectively blends documentary with dramatic elements to charming, if not always transparent, effect. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 10, 2020

Sergio himself has real gentleness and is a lovely character, and there is some amiable comedy about how he is starting to enjoy himself in the home. But he is marooned in a tricksy, gimmicky film. Read full review

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Panchogul

Mar 3, 2021

Muy buena, tierna, entretenida y conmovedora, merece todo el reconocimiento que tuvo Una Mujer Fantástica.