Adapted from a novel by French writer John Le Carré, the whole film is full of suspense, love, betrayal, political conspiracy, human rights, collusion between the government and drug manufacturers, and human trials on AIDS patients in Africa. This is certainly not an entertaining movie. It exposes the very ugly side of human nature. As a disadvantaged group, African AIDS patients have no choice but to experiment, deprive and dispose of them at will by the despicable drug manufacturers who have bought the government over their right to life. The heroine was raped and murdered in order to expose the dirty trade in the middle and angered the power behind the scenes. Afterwards, the male protagonist fully understood his wife, gave up his fame and fortune to withstand the pressure to achieve his last wish, made the facts clear to the world, and gave up his life to follow his wife.
In the low and long music at the end of the film, the bright eyes and innocent smiling faces of African children, the vicissitudes of women, and the helpless figures of men quickly pass by.
There have been many movies with the theme of paying attention to disadvantaged groups, but most of them ended up with the protagonist's helpless struggle and failure. They were too pessimistic and did not solve the problem or provide the inspiration for solving the problem. What moved me in this movie was the determination of the protagonists to expose the ugliness and the courage to face power. At least on this point it is more exciting. In a society ruled by power, there is no right and wrong, only submission and conformity, which is a perversion and distortion of human nature. What we are losing day by day is the ability to simply distinguish right from wrong and the courage to resist.
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