An Outpost of Progress

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