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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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 4.329 |
Directed By
Roberto Faenza
Crew
Stefano Alpini
Roberto Faenza
Sergio Vecchio
Antonio Tabucchi
Giantito Burchiellaro
Franco Casellato
Gianna Bellavia
Camilo Castelo Branco
Paolo Venditti
Giulio Cestari
Isabel Silva
Carlo D'Alessandro
Edward Nadalin
Maurizio Palmisano
Maria Grazia Pasini
Mónica Lopes
Rita Gaspar
Ana Figueira
Pedro Bento
Cristina Mascarenhas
Rita Cardoso Pires
Julie Gavras
Júlio Alves
João Cayatte
Sylvie Liebeaux
Fabio Lanciotti
João Natividade
Carlos Assis
Vasco Riobom
António Costa
Helder Mendes
Fernando Cerqueira
Paulo Alves
Joaquim Loyola Pereira
Manuel Ramos
Vitor Sá
Adgar Neto
João Barreto
Alessandra Intini
Sílvia Meireles
Iracema Machado
Marian de Graef
Angela Anzimani
Antonella Di Marco
José Manuel Sales
Maria Olinda Soromenho
Ramiro Gonçalves
Jorge Sacadura
Federico Savina
Giancarlo Barbieri
Ottavio Ferrario
Domenico Procacci
Giovanna Cau
Carol Levy
Giorgio Trestini
Andrea Manganelli
Filippo Macelloni
Enrico De Bernart
Bernard Comment
Michèle Ray-Gavras
José Mazeda
Roberto Faenza
Antonio Tabucchi
Ennio Morricone
Elda Ferri
Bruno Ridolfi
Blasco Giurato
Ruggero Mastroianni
João Martins
Elisabetta Beraldo
Ilda Campino
Renato Francola
Mirella Ginnoto
Paolo Amici
Fausto Ancillai
Saverio Lancia
Paolo Pucci
Daniele Quadroli
David Quadroli
Stefan Richter
Eric Vaucher
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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