The Mystery of Sintra

The Mystery of Sintra

O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.

Release date : 2007-05-03

Production country :

Portugal,

Brazil

Production company :

Animatógrafo II,

Moonshot Pictures,

Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimédia,

Agência Nacional do Cinema - ANCINE

Status : Released

Durasi : 98 Min.

Popularity : 0.32

5.4

Total Vote : 9

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.