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...
Directed by
Roberto Faenza
Joaquim de Almeida
Manuel
Stefano Dionisi
Monteiro Rossi
Iris Cayatte
Girl (uncredited)
Simão Cayatte
Paperboy (uncredited)
Teresa Madruga
Porter
Sofia Reis
Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)
Daniel Auteuil
Dr. Cardoso
Marcello Mastroianni
Pereira
Massimo Popolizio
Dr. Cardoso (voice)
Stefano De Sando
Silva (voice)
Marthe Keller
Mrs. Delgado
Nicoletta Braschi
Marta
Pedro Efe
Luca Biagini
Newspaper editor (voice)
Carlos César
Giorgio Trestini
Nicolau Breyner
Father Antonio
Mário Viegas
Newspaper editor
João Grosso
Police chief
Manuela Cassola
Carol Levy
João Barreto
Filipe Ferrer
Silva
Ada Maria Serra Zanetti
Mrs. Delgado (voice)
Paila Pavese
Porter (voice)
Paolo Lombardi
Father Antonio (voice)
António Costa
Paulo Alves
Helder Mendes
Joaquim Loyola Pereira
Jorge Sacadura
Rita Cardoso Pires
Giovanna Cau

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