O Táxi 9297

Reinaldo Ferreira, the legendary Portuguese journalist known as Reporter X, does something few storytellers dare: he films the very crime he investigated in the real world. O Táxi 9297 is a reconstruction of the brutal murder of actress Maria Alves, a scandal that rocked Lisbon in the 1920s. The narrative follows the intricate web of betrayal and the procedural hunt for the truth, blending the lines between sensationalist tabloid reporting and early cinematic realism. Ferreira doesn’t just direct; he acts as a guide through the city's underbelly, using the claustrophobic confines of a vehicle to symbolize the inescapable nature of guilt. It is a story of a starlet’s tragic end and a reporter’s obsession with the macabre details of her demise.