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Sostiene Pereira

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Sostiene Pereira
Directed byRoberto Faenza
Written byRoberto Faenza
Sergio Vecchio
Produced byFranco Committeri
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
Joaquim de Almeida
Daniel Auteuil
Nicoletta Braschi
Stefano Dionisi
CinematographyBlasco Giurato
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byEnnio Morricone
Release dates
  • 22 March 1996 (1996-03-22) (Portugal)
  • 3 July 1996 (1996-07-03) (France)
Running time
104 Min
CountriesItaly
Portugal
LanguagesItalian
Portuguese

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.[1][2] It is based on Antonio Tabucchi's novel Sostiene Pereira.

Marcello Mastroianni won the David di Donatello as Best Actor.

Plot

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Release information – Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (2008). "NY Times: Sostiene Pereira". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
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