The Mystery of Sintra
A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.
2007 · 1h 38m · N/A
Mystery
Directed by
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jorge Paixão da Costa Director
- Ivo Canelas as Eça de Queirós
- António Pedro Cerdeira as Ramalho Ortigão
- Bruna Di Tullio as Countess Luísa Valadas
- Rogério Samora as Count Jorge Valadas
- José Pedro Vasconcelos as Vasco
- Giselle Itié as Carmen Puebla
- Flávio Galvão as Nicázio Puebla
- James Weber Brown as Rytmel
- Nicolau Breyner as Eduardo Coelho
- Carla Chambel as Countess (voice)
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