An Outpost of Progress

Directed by Hugo Vieira da Silva

With Nuno Lopes, Ivo Alexandre, David Caracol, Cleonise Malulo and José Manuel Mendes

At the end of the nineteenth century, two inexperienced Portuguese colonizers, with a vague intention of civilizing the colonies, disembark in a remote part of the Congo River in order to coordinate a trading post. As time goes by, they become increasingly demoralized by their inability to profit from the ivory trade. A mutual feeling of distrust and misunderstadings with the locals isolate them at the heart of the tropical jungle. Faced with each other, they begin a journey towards the abyss.