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 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 4.058 |
Directed By
Roberto Faenza
Crew
Stefano Alpini
Isabel Silva
Sergio Vecchio
Maurizio Palmisano
Mónica Lopes
Rita Gaspar
Ana Figueira
Edward Nadalin
Maria Olinda Soromenho
Gianna Bellavia
Paolo Venditti
António Costa
Adgar Neto
Domenico Procacci
Carol Levy
Paulo Alves
Ramiro Gonçalves
Helder Mendes
Alessandra Intini
Giantito Burchiellaro
Sylvie Liebeaux
Carlos Assis
Roberto Faenza
Iracema Machado
Antonella Di Marco
José Mazeda
Julie Gavras
Vasco Riobom
Fabio Lanciotti
Joaquim Loyola Pereira
Vitor Sá
Angela Anzimani
Jorge Sacadura
Federico Savina
Marian de Graef
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Cristina Mascarenhas
Júlio Alves
Fernando Cerqueira
Franco Casellato
João Barreto
Giorgio Trestini
Bernard Comment
Carlo D'Alessandro
Pedro Bento
Manuel Ramos
Maria Grazia Pasini
Rita Cardoso Pires
João Cayatte
João Natividade
José Manuel Sales
Ottavio Ferrario
Enrico De Bernart
Antonio Tabucchi
Camilo Castelo Branco
Giulio Cestari
Sílvia Meireles
Giovanna Cau
Giancarlo Barbieri
Andrea Manganelli
Filippo Macelloni
Roberto Faenza
Antonio Tabucchi
Ennio Morricone
Bruno Ridolfi
Blasco Giurato
Elda Ferri
David Quadroli
João Martins
Fausto Ancillai
Eric Vaucher
Mirella Ginnoto
Elisabetta Beraldo
Ruggero Mastroianni
Ilda Campino
Renato Francola
Paolo Pucci
Daniele Quadroli
Stefan Richter
Paolo Amici
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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