Sostiene Pereira

Sostiene Pereira
Directed by	Roberto Faenza
Written by	Roberto Faenza Sergio Vecchio
Produced by	Franco Committeri
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni Joaquim de Almeida Daniel Auteuil Nicoletta Braschi Stefano Dionisi
Cinematography	Blasco Giurato
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Release dates	March 22, 1996 (Portugal) July 3, 1996 (France)
Running time	104 Min
Countries	Italy Portugal
Languages	Italian Portuguese

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.

Marcello Mastroianni won the David di Donatello as Best Actor.

Plot

In Lisbon, during the António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo dictatorship, Pereira (Marcello Mastroianni), 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).

Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni - Pereira
• Joaquim de Almeida - Manuel
• Daniel Auteuil - Dr. Cardoso
• Stefano Dionisi - Monteiro Rossi
• Nicoletta Braschi - Marta
• Marthe Keller - Mrs. Delgado
• Teresa Madruga - Portiera
• Nicolau Breyner - Father António
• Filipe Ferrer - Silva
• João Grosso - Police Chief
• Mário Viegas - Newspaper Editor
• Manuela Cassola
• Fátima Marques
• Rui Otero
• Pedro Efe

External links

• Sostiene Pereira at IMDb
• Sostiene Pereira at Rotten Tomatoes