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.
Cast
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
Carla Chambel
Countess (voice)
Vítor Correia
Batalha Reis
Pedro Efe
Cocheiro
Sérgio Godinho
Dr. Sidónio
João Lagarto
Conde Abranhos
António Melo
Manuel de Arriaga
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Priest
Jonathan Weightman
Unknown
Fernanda Lapa
D. Ana
Paulo Manso
Dancer
Carmen Santos
D. Carla
João Saboga
Antero de Quental
Gonçalo Robalo
(Uncredited)
Crew
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Director, Screenplay
Eça de Queirós
Writer
Ramalho Ortigão
Writer
Mário Botequilha
Screenplay
Newton Cannito
Screenplay
Nuno Vaz
Screenplay
Luísa Costa Gomes
Screenplay
Tiago Borralho
Screenplay
João Braz
Editor
Luís Branquinho
Director of Photography
António da Cunha Telles
Producer
Pandora da Cunha Telles
Producer
Patrick Siaretta
Producer
Roberto d'Avila
Producer
Clara Vinhais
Production Design
Silvia Grabowski
Costume Design
Márcia Lourenço
Assistant Makeup Artist
Francisco Veloso
Sound Designer
Branko Neškov
Sound Designer
Luiz Adelmo Manzano
Sound Editor
Gus Bernard
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