The Mole Agent (El Agente Topo - 2020)

This sweet documentary about a Chilean octogenarian widower going undercover at a nursing home to see if a client's mother is being mistreated is, as advertised, warm and funny, but it has its sad moments as well. It's nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Best Documentary Spirit Award, and more, with some wins already.

Sergio Chamy is the star, a kindly gentleman who takes the job and enchants the ladies. The movie was directed and written by Maite Alberdi and the music, not available online, is by Vincent van Warmerdam. Here's a song list, however.

Alberdi embedded her crew in the facility before Chamy's arrival, telling everyone, even the staff, merely that they were documenting daily life in the home. Imdb says, however, that certain liberties were taken, and some have doubts that it's a true documentary.

Alberdi has directed five other feature documentaries, two shorts, and one episode of the PBS series P.O.V.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are out in the sun for this, averaging 95 and 90%, respectively.

As a voting member of the independent Feature Project's Spirit Awards, I watched this April 4 on an IFP screener, but you can stream it anytime on Hulu.