The protagonist of the film, Justin, is a member of the British special mission in Kenya .
He likes to grow flowers and plants. He has a gentle and soft appearance. He loves his wife very much and respects all his wife's work and activities. And his wife, Tessa, is a pacifist, involved in many charities in Africa, and often travels with a local male doctor to the poor African settlements, focusing on people suffering from AIDS.
The story begins with Sarah's death, then unfolds as Justin searches for the cause of Sarah's death and his sweet past with Sarah, and ends with Justin's death. Sarah died because she discovered that a foreign pharmaceutical company was testing Africans for drugs, and this discovery cost her life on the land of Africa. His husband was very sad about this, and what was even more sad was that Sarah seemed to have an extramarital affair. In all kinds of pain, he chose to pursue the truth of his wife's death. Although he was usually a gentle and gentle man, when he was because of When he got close to the truth of his wife's death and was constantly threatened with death, he chose to bravely open that Pandora's box, and finally died on the land of Africa.
Through the stories of the hero and heroine, this film profoundly shows the living conditions of some African people-starvation, disease, war..., and that some developed countries further harm the suffering African people and the African people for their own benefit. land. Moreover, in the story, the male protagonist has always liked to grow flowers and plants in the yard and lived a relatively leisurely life. Therefore, many times she could not understand that the heroine was always separated from the African refugees, and made herself very tired until her wife died, and she followed in the footsteps of her wife and slowly discovered the greatness of her.
Justin is just caring for the flowers and plants in the garden, while his wife Sarah is caring for the malnourished African refugees who are in the storm of the interests of human society on the vast land.
Who is the real gardener, Justin or Tessa.
They all ended up sacrificing their lives to care for this scarred land in Africa.
After watching this film, many people and events flashed through my mind: Schweitzer, the great theologian in the 19th century - gave up a bright future and devoted the rest of his life to Africa, the 1994 Rwanda genocide - died 100 Thousands of people, Tears of the Sun - a war movie... I even remembered a verse in the Bible, I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. At the end of the film, because of Justin's death, his boss mustered the courage to disclose the scandal of the pharmaceutical company and the British Foreign Office at his funeral, helping refugees in Africa from being poisoned. And because of Jesus' death, sinners can be forgiven and accepted by God.
The film asks the audience the question: Will you be a good gardener in the world?
As a Christian, you will also ask yourself: Have you become a good shepherd?
Christianity should not only shepherd believers, but also shepherd the beautiful earth created by God.
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