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According to Pereira: Directed by Roberto Faenza. With Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil, Stefano Dionisi. Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper.
Sostiene Pereira (Pereira prétend in French, Afirma Pereira in Portugal and Páginas da revolução in Brazil) is a 1995 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is based on Antonio Tabucchi's novel Sostiene Pereira. Marcello Mastroianni won the David di Donatello as Best Actor.
Summaries. Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. There is civil war in Spain and the fascists are in power in Portugal, but he concerns himself only with his work (writing biographies of famous writers and translating French novels) and ignores what is going on around him.
A young assistant (Stefano Dionisi) linked to revolutionaries shakes an aging journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) out of his torpor in 1938 Lisbon.
- Drama
The film's memorable moments are many, including a grotesque reconstruction of fascist propaganda being shown at a cinema, a couple of finely-observed encounters between Pereira and his craven, dull-witted boss, and an unforgettable scene in which Pereira is forced to witness at first hand the sneering, lumpen brutality of Portugal's new ...
Sostiene Pereira (Pereira prétend in French, Afirma Pereira in European Portuguese . Páginas da revolução in Brazilian Portuguese) is a 1995 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is based on Antonio Tabucchi's novel Sostiene Pereira.
Apr 6, 1995 · Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. There is civil war in Spain and the fascists are in power in Portugal, but he concerns himself only with his work (writing biographies of famous writers and translating French novels) and ignores what is going on around him.
