Pereira Declares
1995 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,514 VOTES · DIR. Roberto Faenza
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,342 lines
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00:00:33 PEREIRA MAINTAINS
00:04:25 This evening?
00:10:59 Tell me, does death interest you?
00:14:42 - Good morning. - Good morning, Dr. Pereira.
00:17:50 a good obituary with my head
00:21:29 Today we remember Vladimir Mayakovski
00:26:34 I translate stories from French.
00:31:47 Perhaps it was his own fault
00:35:41 One moment. Come in, sit down and explain.
00:38:48 I'm going away tomorrow for treatment.
00:43:00 The water's invigorating! Let's get to it!
00:47:36 But what do my dreams have to do with the treatment?
00:50:51 Who is Marta?
00:54:10 we can make another exception.
00:57:17 There's also a letter addressed to a Monteiro Rossi.
01:02:44 the cause of her unjust and premature death.
01:06:20 has defended the Basques. - Mauriac, an outstanding man!
01:10:33 All the local population have gathered at the school.
01:14:05 Good evening, Sir.
01:17:54 - Agreed! - Yes.
01:23:24 But I wrote this one by myself.
01:27:11 One evening I'll come over and you can cook like this, all right?
01:32:06 Hello? Yes, I'm calling from the Lisboa printing works.
01:36:54 and warm embraces."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,342
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:00:33
Final line01:36:54
Production Record
DirectorRoberto Faenza
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes1,514