The Mystery of Sintra
“A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.”
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.
Production Companies
Animatógrafo II, Moonshot Pictures, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE
Languages
Portuguese
Cast
Ivo Canelas
Eça de Queirós
António Pedro Cerdeira
Ramalho Ortigão
Bruna Di Tullio
Countess Luísa Valadas
Rogério Samora
Count Jorge Valadas
José Pedro Vasconcelos
Vasco
Giselle Itié
Carmen Puebla
Flávio Galvão
Nicázio Puebla
James Weber Brown
Rytmel
Nicolau Breyner
Eduardo Coelho
Carla Chambel
Countess (voice)
Vítor Correia
Batalha Reis
Pedro Efe
Cocheiro
Sérgio Godinho
Dr. Sidónio
João Lagarto
Conde Abranhos
António Melo
Manuel de Arriaga
