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An Outpost of Progress

An Outpost of Progress

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 12, 2016

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Drama

User Score

63%

Original Title

Posto Avançado do Progresso

Production Companies

Alfama Films, Leopardo Filmes

Director

Hugo Vieira da Silva

Description

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.