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Pereira Maintains is a 1994 novel by the Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi. It is also known as Pereira Declares and Declares Pereira. Its story follows Pereira, a journalist for the culture column of a small Lisbon newspaper, as he struggles with his conscience and the restrictions of the dictatorial regime of Antonio Salazar. Antonio Tabucchi won the Premio Campiello, Viareggio Prize and Premio Scanno in 1994 for…
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Image In his adaptation of Tabucchi's novel, Faenza crafts an intimate character study brimming with serene intensity. Marcello Mastroianni gives the best performance of his career as an aging journalist reflecting on the rise of fascism. Faenza's neorealist style invites us to take a close look at Pereira's turmoil, remorse and budding friendship with a rebellious young man. Shot in 1940s Lisbon, the period…More
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