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A tender, slyly funny documentary that uses a spy-movie setup to explore loneliness, aging, and human connection inside a retirement home. It’s emotionally direct without feeling manipulative, and its premise gives it a distinctive, accessible hook.
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Fri · 1h 30m
Director: Maite Alberdi
Starring: Sergio Chamy, Rómulo Aitken, Marta Olivares
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.
Maite Alberdi
Sergio Chamy, Rómulo Aitken, Marta Olivares
A tender, slyly funny documentary that uses a spy-movie setup to explore loneliness, aging, and human connection inside a retirement home. It’s emotionally direct without feeling manipulative, and its premise gives it a distinctive, accessible hook.
The Mole Agent turns a simple assignment into something far more moving: a covert investigation that gradually becomes an accidental portrait of loneliness, dignity, and the need to be seen. Its spy premise is clever, but the film’s real power comes from the way it listens to the residents and lets small moments accumulate into emotional force.
Maite Alberdi keeps the tone light enough to stay approachable, yet never loses sight of the sadness underneath the jokes. Sergio Chamy is an ideal subject: charming, curious, and open-hearted, he becomes less a detective than a companion, which is exactly why the film works.
What begins as a procedural slowly reveals itself as a film about aging and the fragile social bonds that hold people together. It is warm, humane, and quietly devastating, with a distinctive structure that makes it easy to recommend to viewers who usually avoid documentaries.
nico (4.5★) · 1065 likes
Tení plata pa contratar un espía pero no pa pagar una cagá de pasaje en micro pa ir a verla tonta culia
Kev (4.5★) · 749 likes
If this isn’t Oscar nominated for best documentary than I’m hiring a mole to infiltrate the academy.
caro (4.5★) · 576 likes
-Mi buen amigo. Un amigo que yo no tengo, yo no tengo amigos. -Pero ahora sí. -Ahora tengo uno.
catalina (5★) · 559 likes
“llore nomás, ahí descansa” maite alberdi es una genia, sabe qué cosas destacar desde lo sencillo y lo transforma en algo conmovedor y original. sabe encontrar lo interesante en lo cotidiano, porque tal vez a nadie se le habría ocurrido grabar un documental con esta trama. tal vez a nadie le interese ver un documental sobre un hogar de ancianos, pero ella y el protagonista sobre todo, don sergio, saben lo que están haciendo y a pesar de que tienen… more
eely (4★) · 448 likes
romulo: “be discreet. don’t bring too much attention to yourself.” sergio: “and that’s when I was elected king of the nursing home.”
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