An Outpost of Progress

6.3 (9 votes)• 2016• 120m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Portuguese

Director: Hugo Vieira da Silva

Starring Cast: Nuno Lopes, Ivo Alexandre, David Caracol, Cleonise Malulo, José Manuel Mendes, Inês Helena

Cast

Nuno Lopes

João de Mattos

Ivo Alexandre

Sant'Anna

David Caracol

Makola

Cleonise Malulo

Kimpa Vita

José Manuel Mendes

Silva Porto

Inês Helena

Senhora Makola

António Mpinda

Domingos Sita

Miguel Delfina

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