The Mole Agent
The Carousel, Nottingham, NG1 1FH
Tuesday 1st September 2026
After a short hiatus, we're finally back and teaming up with Cinema Year Zero to bring you the launch event for their new issue, Totally Spies! Enjoy some brilliant original writing on femmes fatales, classic villains, the spy spoof subgenre and the absurdity of the CIA while we watch Chilean spy-documentary THE MOLE AGENT.
When a family suspects their mother isn't being looked after properly in a Chilean nursing home, 83 year old Sergio is hired to go undercover, pretending to be a resident in the home to find out the truth. As Sergio struggles to embrace the role of a spy and gets closer to the residents of the home, he discovers what's really going on in this touching, beautiful, funny and ridiculous true story.
It might be a familiar premise to anyone who has watched the comedy series A Man On The Inside, but this is the genuinely true story which inspired that show. It's one of my favourite subgenres - a documentary which knows that it's actually a genre film, albeit seen through the eyes of retirees in a Chilean nursing home, and leans into the detective noir aesthetic despite the absurdity. With a brilliant eye for the visual style of a noir throwback, a genuinely compelling mystery and a thoroughly human approach to the people at the story's centre, this is the perfect film to prove that not all documentaries are dry!
Pick up a free copy of Totally Spies with every ticket! Doors open at 7:30, and stick around afterwards for a drink to chat about the film, the zine, and what we have coming up next.
When a family suspects their mother isn't being looked after properly in a Chilean nursing home, 83 year old Sergio is hired to go undercover, pretending to be a resident in the home to find out the truth. As Sergio struggles to embrace the role of a spy and gets closer to the residents of the home, he discovers what's really going on in this touching, beautiful, funny and ridiculous true story.
It might be a familiar premise to anyone who has watched the comedy series A Man On The Inside, but this is the genuinely true story which inspired that show. It's one of my favourite subgenres - a documentary which knows that it's actually a genre film, albeit seen through the eyes of retirees in a Chilean nursing home, and leans into the detective noir aesthetic despite the absurdity. With a brilliant eye for the visual style of a noir throwback, a genuinely compelling mystery and a thoroughly human approach to the people at the story's centre, this is the perfect film to prove that not all documentaries are dry!
Pick up a free copy of Totally Spies with every ticket! Doors open at 7:30, and stick around afterwards for a drink to chat about the film, the zine, and what we have coming up next.
