Pereira Declares (1995)

6.7/10 104 min Drama

Overview

Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil war Spain or even inside Portugal itself in the form of Salazar's regime, Pereira only concerns himself with writing bios and translating French novels. Things change after he hires a young writer as his assistant, getting to know also his girlfriend – both opponents to the regime – and reluctantly helps them when they begin to get in trouble for subversive activities. Eventually, he's forced to take a stand...

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

Pereira

Stefano Dionisi

Monteiro Rossi

Nicoletta Braschi

Marta

Daniel Auteuil

Dr. Cardoso

Joaquim de Almeida

Manuel

Marthe Keller

Mrs. Delgado

Teresa Madruga

Porter

Nicolau Breyner

Father Antonio

Filipe Ferrer

Silva

João Grosso

Police chief

Mário Viegas

Newspaper editor

Manuela Cassola

Pedro Efe

Carlos César

Massimo Popolizio

Dr. Cardoso (voice)

Paila Pavese

Porter (voice)

Paolo Lombardi

Father Antonio (voice)

Stefano De Sando

Silva (voice)

Luca Biagini

Newspaper editor (voice)

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