Similar to "Flying Over the Border", they all focus on Africa. Coincidentally, I saw a news yesterday. A famous pharmaceutical company, let's call it "Wei Ma" here, is suspected of illegal drug testing in Africa, which has caused 11 African children's death. Death, actually, is exactly the same as the story of this movie! This film should have been created based on some rumors. I don't know if it attracted the attention of the media and some institutions. It was found that most of the plots in the play were true. In the end, "Mother Wei" was finally dug out. It seems that movies do have the effect of promoting public opinion and forcing out the truth, but I personally think that TV is more suitable for such a function.
Director Fernando Merrills became famous because of the previous film "City of God". I'm ashamed. I bought that one for a long time and I haven't seen it. I don't know where it went. I heard it was a gangster movie. Go home and learn. In "The Immortal Gardener", Fernando Merrills used a combination of documentary and dramatic shots, which I don't think is very comfortable. The two sides don't depend on each other, and they sway like the theme (political warnings are dressed in romance), a bit The feeling of schizophrenia. As for Africa, it is really beautiful. If there is any place on earth that is more beautiful than Tibet, it can only be Africa. The beauty of Africa is that the colors are more exaggerated and richer, and the vastness and purity are not inferior to Tibet. Africa in the movie is very charming, and I also felt this way when I watched "Lord of War" before.
Ralph Fiennes, the play is well done, with all the restraint and sincerity of the little British bureaucrats. I don't like Rachel Weisz, she looks primitive. However, both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress were given to her, and the harvest was quite large.
This kind of film with a strong sense of social responsibility will naturally receive numerous nominations at the end of the year, but I still doubt that the value of pure art is not so great, right?
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