Sostiene Pereira is a 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

  Italian

Cinema of Italy

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 drama film

Drama film

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 directed by Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza

Roberto Faenza is an Italian film director.Born in Turin in 1943, Roberto Faenza received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia....

. It is based on Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi is an Italian writer and academic who teaches Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy....

's novel

Sostiene Pereira (novel)

Sostiene Pereira is a novel written by Antonio Tabucchi in 1994. It follows Pereira, a journalist for the culture column of a small Lisbon newspaper, as he struggles with his conscience and the restrictions of the fascist regime of Antonio Salazar...

 of the same title.

Marcello Mastroianni won the David di Donatello

David di Donatello

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 as Best Actor.

Plot

In Lisbon

Lisbon

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, during the António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE served as the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He also served as acting President of the Republic briefly in 1951. He founded and led the Estado Novo , the authoritarian, right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal...

's Estado Novo (Portugal) dictatorship, Pereira (Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...

), a journalist that 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 (Stefano Dionisi).

Cast

• Marcello Mastroianni
  Marcello Mastroianni
  Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
  
   - Pereira
• Joaquim de Almeida
  Joaquim de Almeida
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   - Manuel
• Daniel Auteuil
  Daniel Auteuil
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   - Dr. Cardoso
• Stefano Dionisi - Monteiro Rossi
• Nicoletta Braschi
  Nicoletta Braschi
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   - Marta
• Marthe Keller
  Marthe Keller
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   - Mrs. Delgado
• Teresa Madruga
  Teresa Madruga
  Teresa Madruga 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 - Father António
• Filipe Ferrer - Silva
• João Grosso - Police Chief
• Mário Viegas - Newspaper Editor
• Manuela Cassola
• Fátima Marques
• Rui Otero
• Pedro Efe