Pereira Declares

Apr 6, 1995

1h 44m

★ 6.6

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...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Presidenzia del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo

Jean Vigo International

K.G. Productions

Mikado Film

Fábrica de Imagens

Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual

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Cast

Pereira

Marcello Mastroianni

Monteiro Rossi

Stefano Dionisi

Marta

Nicoletta Braschi

Dr. Cardoso

Daniel Auteuil

Manuel

Joaquim de Almeida

Mrs. Delgado

Marthe Keller

Porter

Teresa Madruga

Father Antonio

Nicolau Breyner

Silva

Filipe Ferrer

Police chief

João Grosso

Newspaper editor

Mário Viegas

Manuela Cassola

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