The Mystery of Sintra
A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.
98 mins
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.
Nuno Vaz
Screenplay
Mário Botequilha
Screenplay
Patrick Siaretta
Producer
Clara Vinhais
Production Design
Tiago Borralho
Screenplay
Luísa Costa Gomes
Screenplay
Francisco Veloso
Sound Designer
Ramalho Ortigão
Writer
Gus Bernard
Music
Roberto d'Avila
Producer
Márcia Lourenço
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