The Mystery of Sintra

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

5.42007Mystery

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.

Original titleO Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

Release2007-05-03

Runtime98 min

StatusReleased

CountriesPortugal, Brazil

Original languagePT

SpokenPortuguese

DirectorJorge Paixão da Costa

WritersJorge Paixão da Costa, Nuno Vaz, Mário Botequilha, Newton Cannito, Tiago Borralho, Luísa Costa Gomes

ProductionAnimatógrafo II, Moonshot Pictures, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

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