Pereira Declares

Pereira Declares

104 mins | Drama | April 6, 1995

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...

Pereira Declares

104 mins | Drama | April 6, 1995

Pereira Declares
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...
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual, Mikado Film, K.G Productions, Fábrica de Imagens, Presidenzia del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo, Jean Vigo International
Original title Sostiene Pereira
Directors Rita Cardoso Pires, Júlio Alves, Franco Casellato, João Cayatte, Roberto Faenza
Writers Sergio Vecchio, Antonio Tabucchi, Roberto Faenza

Cast

Stefano Dionisi

as Monteiro Rossi

Daniel Auteuil

as Dr. Cardoso

Joaquim de Almeida

as Manuel

Marthe Keller

as Mrs. Delgado

Teresa Madruga

as Porter

Nicolau Breyner

as Father Antonio

Filipe Ferrer

as Silva

João Grosso

as Police chief

Mário Viegas

as Newspaper editor

Massimo Popolizio

as Dr. Cardoso (voice)

Ada Maria Serra Zanetti

as Mrs. Delgado (voice)

Paila Pavese

as Porter (voice)

Paolo Lombardi

as Father Antonio (voice)

Stefano De Sando

as Silva (voice)

Luca Biagini

as Newspaper editor (voice)

Iris Cayatte

as Girl (uncredited)

Simão Cayatte

as Paperboy (uncredited)

Sofia Reis

as Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)