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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