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...

6.6

104 min

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

as Pereira

Stefano Dionisi

as Monteiro Rossi

Nicoletta Braschi

as Marta

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

Manuela Cassola

Pedro Efe

Carlos César

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)

Director

Roberto Faenza