O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

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

May 3 2007 N/A 1h 38m
Adventure, Crime, 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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Jorge Paixão da Costa, Mário Botequilha, Newton Cannito

Directed by

Jorge Paixão da Costa

Cast

Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio

Crew

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Production Countries

Brazil, Portugal

Production Companies

Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE), Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia (ICAM), Moonshot Pictures, Animatógrafo II

Languages

Português

Awards

2 wins

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