Pereira Declares (1995)

Name: Pereira Declares
Director: Roberto Faenza
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Carlos César, Daniel Auteuil, Filipe Ferrer, João Grosso, Joaquim de Almeida

Original Title: Sostiene Pereira

Drama

6.7 (84 votes)

1h 44m

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...

Details

Director: Roberto Faenza
Writer: Roberto Faenza, Sergio Vecchio, Antonio Tabucchi
Original Language: Italian
Budget: N/A

Cast

Carlos César Daniel Auteuil Filipe Ferrer João Grosso Joaquim de Almeida Manuela Cassola Marcello Mastroianni Mário Viegas Marthe Keller Massimo Popolizio Nicolau Breyner Nicoletta Braschi Pedro Efe Stefano Dionisi Teresa Madruga