30 Apr 1948
State of the Union
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Pereira Declares
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 Pereira
Stefano Dionisi Monteiro Rossi
Nicoletta Braschi Marta
Daniel Auteuil Dr. Cardoso
Joaquim de Almeida Manuel
Marthe Keller Mrs. Delgado
Teresa Madruga Porter
Nicolau Breyner Father Antonio
Filipe Ferrer Silva
João Grosso Police chief
Mário Viegas Newspaper editor
Manuela Cassola 
Pedro Efe 
Carlos César 
Massimo Popolizio Dr. Cardoso (voice)
Ada Maria Serra Zanetti Mrs. Delgado (voice)
Paila Pavese Porter (voice)
Paolo Lombardi Father Antonio (voice)
Stefano De Sando Silva (voice)
Luca Biagini Newspaper editor (voice)
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