The Mystery of Sintra
– Summer of 1870. Two writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, decide to write a four-handed who..
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.
03 May 2007
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Jorge Paixão da Costa (screenplay), Mário Botequilha (screenplay), Newton Cannito (screenplay), Nuno Vaz (screenplay), Luísa Costa Gomes (dialogue), Eça de Queirós (based on books by), Ramalho Ortigão (based on books by), Tiago Borralho (screenplay)
Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Rogério Samora
A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.
2 wins.