The Mole Agent

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A Film by Maite Alberdi

Rómulo is a private investigator who has been hired to do a study of a retirement home where residents are thougt to be victims of abuse. To this end, he trains Óscar, an 83-year-old man, to live as the Mole Agent inside the home. Once Óscar has infiltrated the facility, he struggles to assume his role as he gradually becomes more familiar with the residents and the routine at the home in pursuit of the truth.

TITLE The Mole Agent
ORIGINAL TITLE El Agente Topo
GENRE Documentary 
LENGTH 90 minutes 
FORMAT HD 
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE Spanish 
LOCATION Chile 

PRODUCTION Micromundos Producciones 
CO-PRODUCTION Sutor Kolonko, Mandra Films, Motto Pictures 
PRODUCERS Maite Alberdi, Marcela Santibañez 
CO-PRODUCERS Ingmar Trost, Denis Vaslin, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Maite Alberdi 
SUPPORTED BY Corfo Fund, IDFA Fund Development, CAACI Award (San Sebastian), Sundance Development, Tribeca Latin American Fund, Cinereach, CNTV Chile, FFA Chile 

Chile / USA / France / Spain / Germany 2020