The Mystery of Sintra 2007

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

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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.

Release Date 2007-05-03
Runtime 1h 38m
Directors Jorge Paixão da Costa, Luís Branquinho
Producers António da Cunha Telles, Pandora da Cunha Telles, Patrick Siaretta, Roberto d'Avila
Writers Jorge Paixão da Costa, Mário Botequilha, Newton Cannito, Nuno Vaz, Luísa Costa Gomes, Tiago Borralho, Eça de Queirós, Ramalho Ortigão