
Lisbon, 1938. Mr. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of an evening paper. Although fascism is on the rise in Europe, like in nearby civil war Spain or even inside Portugal itself in the form of Salazar's regime, Pereira only concerns himself with writing bios and translating French novels. Things change after he hires a young writer as his assistant, getting to know also his girlfriend – both opponents to the regime – and reluctantly helps them when they begin to get in trouble for subversive activities. Eventually, he's forced to take a stand...
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Marcello Mastroianni as Pereira

Stefano Dionisi as Monteiro Rossi

Nicoletta Braschi as Marta

Daniel Auteuil as Dr. Cardoso

Joaquim de Almeida as Manuel

Marthe Keller as Mrs. Delgado

Teresa Madruga as Porter

Nicolau Breyner as Father Antonio

Filipe Ferrer as Silva

João Grosso as Police chief

Mário Viegas as Newspaper editor

Manuela Cassola as

Pedro Efe as

Carlos César as

Massimo Popolizio as Dr. Cardoso (voice)

Ada Maria Serra Zanetti as Mrs. Delgado (voice)

Paila Pavese as Porter (voice)

Paolo Lombardi as Father Antonio (voice)

Stefano De Sando as Silva (voice)

Luca Biagini as Newspaper editor (voice)

Iris Cayatte as Girl (uncredited)

Simão Cayatte as Paperboy (uncredited)

Sofia Reis as Girl dancing at the Salazarist party (uncredited)
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