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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