The Mystery of Sintra Road ( O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra ) ( The Mystery Of The Road Of Sintra (The Mystery of Sintra) )

The Mystery of Sintra Road (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra
Alternate Title: The Mystery Of The Road Of Sintra (The Mystery of Sintra)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Portugal ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Anamorphic Widescreen
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Brazil ( Latin America, Mexico )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Jorge Paixão da Costa

Written By:
Luísa Costa Gomes
Jorge Paixão da Costa

Actors:
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
Daniel Bento ..... Piano Player
Valerie Braddell ..... Lady Constance
Carla Chambel ..... Voice of the Countess
Vítor Correia ..... Batalha Reis
Carlos Costa ..... Cello Player
Rui David ..... Count Abranhos' Assistant

Synopsis:

In 1870, two Portuguese writers, Eça de Queiroz and Ramalho Ortigão, published in a Lisbon newspaper a fantastically overwrought mystery story involving counts and countesses, dashing English officers, Cuban beauties, betrayal, kidnapping, duelling, and the like. The serial took the form of letters from people involved in the events; the intent was to satirize and explode the corny clichés, conventions, and customs of romantic 19th-century Portuguese society. Much like Orson Welles's infamous War of the Worlds broadcast seven decades later, the fictional feuilleton was mistaken by many for fact, causing some minor panic and uproar amongst the populace. Director Jorge Paixão da Costa's clever film, made with an all-star Portuguese cast, adds a slightly different complicating twist as it dramatizes these events: here, the writers' pulp fiction hits too close to the truth for some powerful people, who believe that it is their sordid secrets that are being published!

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.

It is the summer of 1870 and two writers have created and published a mystery serial that turns out to be closer to reality than they thought possible. This movie has it all, a deadly duel, threats, love and intrigue! The Mystery of Sintra challenges all the conventions in sharp contrast to the customs of romantic Portuguese society in the 19th century.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.