Sostiene Pereira

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. 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