Rómulo is a private eye. When he’s hired to investigate the home for the elderly of which his mother is a resident, Rómulo decides to train Sergio (83 years of age), who has never worked as a detective, to live in the home for a while as an undercover agent. Once infiltrated, finding it seriously difficult to assume his role as a mole and hide his adorable and affectionate personality, he gradually becomes, more than a spy, an ally for his endearing companions. Premiered in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at Sundance Festival. EFADs-CAACI Award at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum in 2017.
Maite Alberdi (Santiago de Chile, 1983) studied Cinema and Film Aesthetics at the Universidad Católica de Chile. She has written and directed the full-length documentaries El salvavidas (2011) La once (2014), winner of awards at several international festivals, and Los niños (2016), as well as the short films, also documentaries, Las peluqueras (2005), Los trapecistas (2008) and No soy de aquí (2016), winner of Best Short Film at Visions du Réel 2016. El agente topo (The Mole Agent) was selected for San Sebastian Festival’s Co-Production Forum in 2017 and had its premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the last Sundance Festival.