Pereira Declares

Pereira Declares

Released on
Drama
Runtime
104 mins
(76 votes)

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
  • Stefano Dionisi
  • Nicoletta Braschi
  • Daniel Auteuil
  • Joaquim de Almeida
  • Marthe Keller
  • Teresa Madruga
  • Nicolau Breyner
  • Filipe Ferrer
  • João Grosso
  • Mário Viegas
  • Manuela Cassola
  • Pedro Efe
  • Carlos César
  • Massimo Popolizio
  • Ada Maria Serra Zanetti
  • Paila Pavese
  • Paolo Lombardi
  • Stefano De Sando
  • Luca Biagini
  • Iris Cayatte
  • Simão Cayatte
  • Sofia Reis

Director

  • Roberto Faenza

Producers

  • Elda Ferri

Screenwriter

  • Sergio Vecchio
  • Roberto Faenza

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