Pereira Declares

Sostiene Pereira

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...

Screenplay

Roberto Faenza

Screenplay

Sergio Vecchio

Director

Roberto Faenza

Novela

Antonio Tabucchi

Status

Released

Release date

06/04/1995

Original language

Italian