Pereira Declares (1995)
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...
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 4.804 |
Directed By
Roberto Faenza
Crew
Stefano Alpini
Sergio Vecchio
Mónica Lopes
Sylvie Liebeaux
Edward Nadalin
Gianna Bellavia
Franco Casellato
Ana Figueira
Fabio Lanciotti
Carlo D'Alessandro
Alessandra Intini
Paolo Venditti
Rita Gaspar
Vasco Riobom
Domenico Procacci
Filippo Macelloni
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Manuel Ramos
Isabel Silva
Maria Grazia Pasini
João Cayatte
Julie Gavras
Giancarlo Barbieri
José Mazeda
Camilo Castelo Branco
Rita Cardoso Pires
Antonella Di Marco
José Manuel Sales
João Natividade
Carlos Assis
António Costa
Marian de Graef
Adgar Neto
Iracema Machado
Carol Levy
Enrico De Bernart
Roberto Faenza
Antonio Tabucchi
Vitor Sá
Sílvia Meireles
Giovanna Cau
Giantito Burchiellaro
Giulio Cestari
Cristina Mascarenhas
Maurizio Palmisano
Fernando Cerqueira
Andrea Manganelli
Pedro Bento
Júlio Alves
Maria Olinda Soromenho
Federico Savina
Bernard Comment
Paulo Alves
Joaquim Loyola Pereira
Angela Anzimani
Jorge Sacadura
Helder Mendes
João Barreto
Ramiro Gonçalves
Ottavio Ferrario
Giorgio Trestini
Antonio Tabucchi
Roberto Faenza
Ennio Morricone
Ilda Campino
João Martins
Elisabetta Beraldo
Fausto Ancillai
Eric Vaucher
Elda Ferri
Renato Francola
David Quadroli
Bruno Ridolfi
Paolo Amici
Mirella Ginnoto
Daniele Quadroli
Stefan Richter
Paolo Pucci
Ruggero Mastroianni
Blasco Giurato
Saverio Lancia
TOP 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
Massimo Popolizio
Dr. Cardoso (voice)
Ada Maria Serra Zanetti
Mrs. Delgado (voice)
Paila Pavese
Porter (voice)
Paolo Lombardi
Father Antonio (voice)
Stefano De Sando
Silva (voice)
Luca Biagini
Newspaper editor (voice)
Iris Cayatte
Girl (uncredited)
Simão Cayatte
Paperboy (uncredited)
Sofia Reis
Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)
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