''Sostiene Pereira'' (''Pereira prétend'' in French, ''Afirma Pereira'' in Portugal and ''Páginas da revolução'' in Brazil) is a

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Roberto Faenza Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an Italian film director. He received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the internat ...

.Release information – ''Internet Movie Database''
/ref> It is based on

Antonio Tabucchi Antonio Tabucchi (; 24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy. Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator o ...

's novel '' Sostiene Pereira''. Marcello Mastroianni won the

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

as Best Actor.

Plot

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, during the

António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Portugal's President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal, President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1 ...

's Estado Novo dictatorship, Pereira (

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...

), a journalist who works in the culture section of a newspaper, discovers the real dark side of the regime when he meets and helps an anti-fascist young man, Monteiro Rossi (

Stefano Dionisi Stefano Dionisi (born 1 October 1966, in Rome) is an Italian actor. He has performed in more than sixty films since 1986. He is best known for portraying the 18th-century Italian castrato opera singer ''Farinelli Farinelli (; 24 January 17 ...

Cast

- Pereira *

Joaquim de Almeida Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida () (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. He started his film career playing a role in the 1982 action film '' The Soldier'', and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the ...

- Manuel *

Daniel Auteuil Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ...

- Dr. Cardoso *

- Monteiro Rossi *

Nicoletta Braschi Nicoletta Braschi (; born 19 April 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Life and career Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts wh ...

- Marta *

Marthe Keller Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film '' Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Career Early years Keller studied ballet as a child, bu ...

- Mrs. Delgado *

Teresa Madruga Teresa Madruga (born 18 March 1953) is a Portuguese actress. She has appeared in 71 films and television shows since 1977. She starred in the 1983 film '' In the White City'', which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. ...

- Portiera *

Nicolau Breyner João Nicolau de Melo Breyner Moreira Lopes (30 July 1940 – 14 March 2016), known professionally as Nicolau Breyner, was a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, producer, director and television host. He was one of the most well-known figures in Por ...

- Father António * Filipe Ferrer - Silva * João Grosso - Police Chief *

Mário Viegas António Mário Lopes Pereira Viegas (born in Santarém on 10 November 1948 – died in Lisbon on 1 April 1996) was a Portuguese actor, theatre director and reciter. He is considered one of the best actors of his generation and one of Portuga ...

- Newspaper Editor * Manuela Cassola * Fátima Marques * Rui Otero * Pedro Efe

References

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* * 1995 films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Portuguese-language films 1990s political drama films Films directed by Roberto Faenza Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1995 drama films 1995 multilingual films Italian multilingual films Portuguese multilingual films 1990s Italian films Adaptations of works by Antonio Tabucchi Films based on Italian novels {{1990s-Italy-film-stub