The Mystery of Sintra
A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.
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.
- Year: 2007
- Country: Portugal, Brazil
- Genre: Mystery
- Studio: Animatógrafo II, Moonshot Pictures, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE
- Keyword: based on novel or book
- Director: Jorge Paixão da Costa
- Cast: Ivo Canelas, António Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio, Rogério Samora, José Pedro Vasconcelos, Giselle Itié