Mistérios de Lisboa: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Adaptation in mini-series and long version of Mysteries of Lisbon (Portuguese: Mistérios de Lisboa), a 2010 Portuguese costume drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz based on an 1854 novel of the same name by Camilo Castelo Branco. The film has won 9 awards and has been nominated 8 times.

Initially focuses on João, an orphan boy at a school run by the priest Father Dinis during Portugal's Revolução Liberal. João becomes ill after being bullied by another boy who tells him he is a criminal's child and awakens in a delirium to find a lovely woman watching over his bed. After recovering, Dinis takes João to see the woman who is indeed João's mother, Countess Ângela de Lima. For João's entire life, she had been imprisoned in her own home by her husband, the Count of Santa Bárbara. Dinis helps Ângela flee from her husband's house when he's away fighting the revolutionaries.

The movie received several prices all around the world.

Series details

• Title: Mistérios de Lisboa
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2011-05-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-05-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: RTP2
• Network country: Portugal
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9141

Cast and credited roles

• Adriano Luz — Padre Diniz
• Ricardo Pereira — Alberto de Magalhães
• Maria João Bastos — Ângela de Lima
• João Arrais — Pedro Adolescente
• Vânia Rodrigues — Dona Antónia
• Rui Morrison — Marquês de Montezelos
• Joana de Verona — Eugénia
• João Villas-Boas — Criado
• Maria João Pinho — Condessa de Viso
• Léa Seydoux — Blanche de Montfort

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-05-01; final listed air date 2011-05-15; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mistérios de Lisboa on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.