Pereira Declares
Sostiene Pereira
Release: 1995-04-06
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 6.6
Drama
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...
Production Countries
France
Italy
Portugal
Production Companies
Presidenzia del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo
Jean Vigo International
K.G. Productions
Mikado Film
Fábrica de Imagens
Instituto Português da Arte Cinematográfica e Audiovisual
Cast
Stefano De Sando
as Silva (voice)
Simão Cayatte
as Paperboy (uncredited)
Stefano Dionisi
as Monteiro Rossi
Luca Biagini
as Newspaper editor (voice)
Iris Cayatte
as Girl (uncredited)
Marcello Mastroianni
as Pereira
Teresa Madruga
as Porter
João Grosso
as Police chief
Pedro Efe
Massimo Popolizio
as Dr. Cardoso (voice)
Sofia Reis
as Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)
Nicoletta Braschi
as Marta
Joaquim de Almeida
as Manuel
Nicolau Breyner
as Father Antonio
Filipe Ferrer
as Silva
Manuela Cassola
Carlos César
Daniel Auteuil
as Dr. Cardoso
Marthe Keller
as Mrs. Delgado
Mário Viegas
as Newspaper editor
Crew
Federico Savina
Dolby Consultant
Julie Gavras
Additional Dialogue
Roberto Faenza
Screenplay, Director
Giorgio Trestini
Thanks
Domenico Procacci
Thanks
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Antonio Tabucchi
Dialogue, Novel
Blasco Giurato
Director of Photography
Michèle Ray-Gavras
Co-Producer
João Barreto
Generator Operator
Carol Levy
Thanks
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer