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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...

1995 |1h 44m |  Drama

Cast

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Marcello Mastroianni

Pereira

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Stefano Dionisi

Monteiro Rossi

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Nicoletta Braschi

Marta

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Daniel Auteuil

Dr. Cardoso

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Joaquim de Almeida

Manuel

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Marthe Keller

Mrs. Delgado

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Teresa Madruga

Porter

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Nicolau Breyner

Father Antonio

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Filipe Ferrer

Silva

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João Grosso

Police chief

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Mário Viegas

Newspaper editor

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Manuela Cassola

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Pedro Efe

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Carlos César

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Massimo Popolizio

Dr. Cardoso (voice)

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Paolo Lombardi

Father Antonio (voice)

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Stefano De Sando

Silva (voice)

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Luca Biagini

Newspaper editor (voice)

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Iris Cayatte

Girl (uncredited)

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Simão Cayatte

Paperboy (uncredited)

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Sofia Reis

Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Italian

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