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AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS (Past Film)
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Completed - PORTUGUESE - Historical, Drama - 121 minutes

Log Line

An Adaptation of “An Outpost of Progress” by Joseph Conrad

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2015 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2015 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Hugo VIEIRA DA SILVA
Writer(s) : Hugo VIEIRA DA SILVA
Cast : Nuno LOPES, Ivo ALEXANDRE, José Manuel MENDES, David CARACOL

Producer(s) : Paulo BRANCO (LEOPARDO FILMES)

Synopsis

At the end of the XIXth century, two young and 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 misunderstandings with the locals isolate them at the heart of the tropical jungle. Facing each other, they begin a dramatic journey towards the abyss.

Production

Country(ies) : PORTUGAL

Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2016 (Forum)


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