Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Jorge Paixão da CostaScreenplay
- Nuno VazScreenplay
- Jorge Paixão da CostaDirector
- Mário BotequilhaScreenplay
- Newton CannitoScreenplay
- Tiago BorralhoScreenplay
- Luísa Costa GomesScreenplay
- Eça de QueirósWriter
- Ramalho OrtigãoWriter
Cast
- Ivo CanelasEça de Queirós
- António Pedro CerdeiraRamalho Ortigão
- Bruna Di TullioCountess Luísa Valadas
- Rogério SamoraCount Jorge Valadas
- José Pedro VasconcelosVasco
- Giselle ItiéCarmen Puebla
- Flávio GalvãoNicázio Puebla
- James Weber BrownRytmel
- Nicolau BreynerEduardo Coelho
- Carla ChambelCountess (voice)
- Vítor CorreiaBatalha Reis
- Pedro EfeCocheiro
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book