In 1884, following the Berlin Congo Conference, a colonial rule of unprecedented brutality began, leaving a mark on the country to this day. Éric Vuillard portrays minor Brussels officials, elevated to jungle rulers, who become enforcers of European greed for resources, and he gives a voice to their countless and nameless victims. "Congo" is a gripping narrative and a shockingly vivid testimony to banal cruelty and the emergence of global capitalism.