The Mystery of Sintra

The Mystery of Sintra

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 3, 2007

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Mystery

User Score

54%

Original Title

O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

Production Companies

Animatógrafo II, Moonshot Pictures, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia, Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

Director

Jorge Paixão da Costa

Description

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.