The Mystery of Sintra

The Mystery of Sintra

A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.

2007 · 98 min · ★ 5.4 · Mystery

Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed whodunit for the daily "Diário de Notícias". Could it be that the story they wrote as fiction is based on a real case? This question fuels the conflict between the two writers and drives them to a nearly fatal duel. Lisbon is in commotion. One crime follows another in a story in which love is stronger than tradition. Everything happens at frenzied pace, as in a game.

Directed by Jorge Paixão da Costa · Written by Newton Cannito

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Ivo Canelas Eça de Queirós
António Pedro Cerdeira Ramalho Ortigão
Bruna Di Tullio Countess Luísa Valadas
Rogério Samora Count Jorge Valadas
José Pedro Vasconcelos Vasco
Giselle Itié Carmen Puebla
Flávio Galvão Nicázio Puebla
James Weber Brown Rytmel
Nicolau Breyner Eduardo Coelho
Carla Chambel Countess (voice)
Vítor Correia Batalha Reis
Pedro Efe Cocheiro

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