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TwoPortuguesecolonialofficialsreacharemoteivory-tradingpostontheCongo.Theirbrilliantwhiteuniformsmarkthemasforeignbodiesinthejungleandas‘mundele’–ghostsintheeyesofthenatives.Theyaresupposedtogettradeflowingagainfollowingthedeathoftheformerstationchief.Yetthehiredworkersmakelittleefforttoprocurenewreserves.WhilethecarefreeSant’Annaseeksamusementinalcohol,musicandthenatives,hissuperiorJoãodeMattosissoonstruckdownbymalaria,andthewaitingandisolationinthejunglegraduallyfantheflamesofmistrustanddelusion.<br/> HugoVieiradaSilva’sadaptationofthetitularJosephConradstoryisamultilayeredexerciseinmimicryinwhichtheghostsofcolonialhistorytakeonmanifoldbodiesandgarbstohauntthesetting.Itsidiosyncraticdirectionnotonlymakesuseofsophisticatedvisualeffectsandfascinatingimagesbutalsoborrowsfromthesilent-filmaesthetic.Intheend,thereisnoescapeforSant’AnnaandJoãodeMattos–weallknowhistoryrepeatsitselfasfarce.berlinale2016
