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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.

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

Genres: Mystery

Starring: Ivo Canelas, Antonio Pedro Cerdeira, Bruna Di Tullio

Released: May 3, 2007

Runtime: 98.0

Popularity Rating: 0.873

Agencia Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE), Animatografo II, Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimedia (ICAM), Moonshot Pictures

Brazil, Portugal

Eca de Queiros Ivo Canelas
Ramalho Ortigao Antonio Pedro Cerdeira
Countess Luisa Valadas Bruna Di Tullio
Count Jorge Valadas Rogerio Samora
Vasco Jose Pedro Vasconcelos
Carmen Puebla Giselle Itie
Nicazio Puebla Flavio Galvao
Rytmel James Weber Brown
Eduardo Coelho Nicolau Breyner
Countess (voice) Carla Chambel
Batalha Reis Vitor Correia
Cocheiro Pedro Efe
Dr. Sidonio Sergio Godinho
Conde Abranhos Joao Lagarto
Manuel de Arriaga Antonio Melo
Priest Jorge Paixao da Costa

Art — Production Design: Clara Vinhais
Camera — Director of Photography: Luis Branquinho
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Silvia Grabowski
Directing — Director: Jorge Paixao da Costa
Editing — Editor: Joao Braz
Production — Producer: Antonio da Cunha Telles
Production — Producer: Pandora da Cunha Telles
Production — Producer: Patrick Siaretta
Production — Producer: Roberto d’Avila
Sound — Music: Gus Bernard
Sound — Sound Designer: Branko Neskov
Sound — Sound Designer: Francisco Veloso
Sound — Sound Editor: Luiz Adelmo Manzano
Writing — Screenplay: Jorge Paixao da Costa
Writing — Screenplay: Luisa Costa Gomes
Writing — Screenplay: Mario Botequilha
Writing — Screenplay: Newton Cannito
Writing — Screenplay: Nuno Vaz
Writing — Screenplay: Tiago Borralho
Writing — Writer: Eca de Queiros
Writing — Writer: Ramalho Ortigao