AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS
synopsis
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.
international title: | An Outpost of Progress |
original title: | Posto-Avançado do Progresso |
country: | Portugal |
sales agent: | Alfama Films |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hugo Vieira da Silva |
screenplay: | Hugo Vieira da Silva |
cast: | Nuno Lopes, Ivo Alexandre, David Caracol, Inês Helena, António Mpinda, José Manuel Mendes |
cinematography by: | Fernando Lockett |
film editing: | Paulo MilHomens |
art director: | Isabel Branco |
costumes designer: | Tânia Franco |
producer: | Paulo Branco |
production: | Alfama Films, Leopardo Filmes, República Filmes |
distributor: | Leopardo Filmes |