Article: Outstanding expose of injustice in Africa ..... VENICE FESTIVAL The Constant Gardener.

Byline: DEREK MALCOLM

THIS adaptation of John le Carre's novel about pharmaceutical companies using the Third World as a cheap testing ground for new drugs, has Ralph Fiennes aptly cast as a British diplomat, the constant gardener of the title. After the murder of his politically-active wife (Rachel Weisz), who had incurred the wrath of a corrupt government and pharmaceutical companies, he picks his way through a dangerous maze to find the culprits.

Director Fernando Meirelles, the Brazilian who made City Of God, has a restless, choppy style that ...

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