The Mole Agent
An 83 year old first-time spy goes undercover in a retirement home to expose possible elder abuse, uncovering compassion and connection instead.
Awards & Recognition
Nominee
2020 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature
Rómulo is a private investigator hired to investigate a retirement home in Chile where residents may be victims of elder abuse. The only way to accomplish this, however, is to hire and train an elderly volunteer to blend in as a “mole agent” inside the home. Sergio, 83, thinks this will be a way to pass the time after losing his wife, but nothing can prepare him for the realities of senior living. Once he infiltrates the home, Sergio struggles with the surveillance technology and his role. As real life feelings of abandonment, loneliness, and frustration begin to set in, Sergio also finds compassion and community among the elderly.