Moving on and grappling with loss are intertwined thematic elements. In a heartbreaking scene where a child is left behind on a plane taking off to escape from marauding bandits, Lorbeer says, вЂњThatвЂ™s the way it is in Africa.вЂќ Meirelles uses the love story between Justin and Tessa, and her death as the inciting incident in the film. An official somehow related to the conspiracy tells Justin, вЂњFor a diplomat, youвЂ™re a bad liar,вЂќ to which he responds, вЂњI havenвЂ™t risen far.вЂќ At other times, the film is iconoclastic and forlorn. The odyssey to uncover the forces behind the insidious testing of Diprexa takes us on an emotional rollercoaster. This juxtaposition of opposites (foreground in continuity, and background dissolves) pays homage to Jean CocteauвЂ™s Orpheus (1946). JustinвЂ™s car drives in real time while the background dissolves for ellipses of time. Meirelles artfully manipulates the medium, such as in a creative transition when Justin is riding in a car. CharloneвЂ™s shots include handheld, kinetic and expressive cinematography. The film is shot by Cesar Charlone, the Academy Award-nominated director of photography from City of God. In the scene following TessaвЂ™s death, Meirelles cleverly tints the scene a melancholy blue. At a moment of tension, a mechanical hum rises sharply to dramatize the event. The film is replete with stylistic touches. Meirelles uses lots of shallow focus, a love scene montage and nonlinear order to tell the story. Corporate greed and murder paint a grizzly, yet insightful picture of current conglomerate ethics. The title comes from Sir Bernard Pellegrin when he says, вЂњSome very nasty things can be found under rocks, especially in foreign gardens.вЂќ Justin finds out that Diprexa is the drug distributed to вЂњdispensableвЂќ people in order to save money in R&D by drug companies. The critically-acclaimed Brazilian-born director uses similar subject matter in both his previous and current work which addresses issues of the underprivileged. As Marcus Lorbeer, played by Pete Postlethwaite tells Justin, вЂњthe pharmaceutical companies are as bad as the arms dealers.вЂќД«ased on the fictitious novel by John le Carre, The Constant Gardener is a gripping drama that searches to uncover the conspiracy behind the death of a diplomatвЂ™s wife. We learn that international interests are covertly testing dangerous tuberculosis drugs on sick Africans. Her murder and the dubious circumstances surrounding it, incite Justin on a quest to discover the truth. Tessa is an activist working in North Kenya fighting for the underprivileged.

Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz star as Justin and Tessa Quayle in MeirellesвЂ™ thriller, The Constant Gardener.

Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of City of God, succeeds in a new vision of cinematic excellence.

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