Dear All, CLP/Instituto Camões is following up the commemorations of the Centenary of the Portuguese Republic by screening “Sostienne Pereira”, a Luso-Italian production, directed by Roberto Faenza (1995) based on Antonio Tabucchi’s novel, on 17th October 2010 (Sunday), at 4.00 pm, at the Instituto Camões premises.
Synopsis: This drama, set in 1938, chronicles a month in the life of the Portuguese journalist Pereira. He is first seen as a lonely, widowed, and overweight editor of the culture page of a second-rate Lisbon newspaper. Earlier in his career, he had been a news reporter. Pereira is fascinated with old literature; he is also obsessed with death. He hires himself an assistant, Monteiro Rossi, to prepare obituaries for old writers before they die. The young man and his girlfriend are both passionate fighters against the dictatorship in Portugal. They, along with a German Jewish woman, help to draw Pereira out of his dusty old books and spark his interest in the current political turmoil of Europe. «Sostienne Pereira» (1995), directed by Roberto Faenza, Italian language (with Portuguese subtiltles), color, 95 mins, starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil, Teresa Madruga, Nicolau Breyner, Mário Viegas. Hope to see you all. -- Delfim correia da Silva CLPInstituto Camões Agva House, 9/32 Dr.Dada Vaidya Road Panjim 403001 - Goa