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O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra

  • 20072007
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra (2007)
  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Mystery
A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.A critique of the romantic Portuguese society of the nineteenth century.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
444
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  • Director
    • Jorge Paixão da Costa
  • Writers
    • Jorge Paixão da Costa(screenplay)
    • Mário Botequilha(screenplay)
    • Newton Cannito(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ivo Canelas
    • António Pedro Cerdeira
    • Bruna Di Tullio
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  • Director
    • Jorge Paixão da Costa
  • Writers
    • Jorge Paixão da Costa(screenplay)
    • Mário Botequilha(screenplay)
    • Newton Cannito(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ivo Canelas
    • António Pedro Cerdeira
    • Bruna Di Tullio
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Ivo Canelas
    Ivo Canelas
    • Eça de Queirósas Eça de Queirós
    António Pedro Cerdeira
    António Pedro Cerdeira
    • Ramalho Ortigãoas Ramalho Ortigão
    Bruna Di Tullio
    • Countess Luísa Valadasas Countess Luísa Valadas
    Rogério Samora
    Rogério Samora
    • Count Jorge Valadasas Count Jorge Valadas
    José Pedro Vasconcelos
    • Vascoas Vasco
    Giselle Itié
    Giselle Itié
    • Carmen Pueblaas Carmen Puebla
    Flávio Galvão
    Flávio Galvão
    • Nicázio Pueblaas Nicázio Puebla
    James Weber Brown
    James Weber Brown
    • Rytmelas Rytmel
    Nicolau Breyner
    • Eduardo Coelhoas Eduardo Coelho
    Daniel Bento
    • Piano Playeras Piano Player
    Valerie Braddell
    • Lady Constanceas Lady Constance
    Carla Chambel
    Carla Chambel
    • Voice of the Countessas Voice of the Countess
    • (voice)
    Vítor Correia
    • Batalha Reisas Batalha Reis
    Carlos Costa
    • Cello Playeras Cello Player
    Rui David
    • Count Abranhos' Assistantas Count Abranhos' Assistant
    Pedro Efe
    • Cocheiroas Cocheiro
    Sérgio Godinho
    • Dr. Sidónioas Dr. Sidónio
    João Lagarto
    João Lagarto
    • Count Abranhosas Count Abranhos
    • Director
      • Jorge Paixão da Costa
    • Writers
      • Jorge Paixão da Costa(screenplay)
      • Mário Botequilha(screenplay)
      • Newton Cannito(screenplay)
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    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. —marfilmes
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      • Crime
      • Mystery
      • Romance
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      Giselle Itié's debut.

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    8/10
    Fiction and reality mix
    "O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra" was the first crime thriller written in Portuguese, by Eça de Queirós and Ramalho Ortigão in the 1870s. This movie picks up that plot, and adds Eça and Ramalho's real lives, together with the real lives of the people they based their novel on. Although fictionalized, the whole movie has a feeling of reality to it and is a nice epoch reconstruction.

    Ramalho is kidnapped at night and demanded to medically tend to an Englishman shot in a Portuguese noble manor. From then on, the plot splits between Ramalho and Eça writing a fictionalized account of this incident and the events leading to it; and coincidentally the writers' fiction ends up being very near to what really happened with Rytmel and the Valadas family. Both worlds end up mixing, and in the end we don't know if the whole thing has really happened.

    Good plot and direction, good or at least passable acting for most of the main cast (the rest are a bit wooden), a period piece and a story by Eça and Ramalho make this unmissable, even if it is not a cinema masterpiece.
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    • Feb 23, 2010

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    • Release date
      • May 3, 2007 (Portugal)
    • Countries of origin
      • Portugal
      • Brazil
    • Languages
      • Portuguese
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Mystery of Sintra
    • Filming locations
      • Quinta da Ribafria, Sintra, Portugal
    • Production companies
      • Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE)
      • Animatógrafo II
      • Filmes de Fundo
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $133,299
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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