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Covers Always Lie: While Justin does obtain a gun, he never brandishes it quite like the Pistol Pose of the poster (the pistol can only be seen in silhouette, but the pose is clearly the same).

Corrupt Corporate Executive: The Three Bees management, as well as KDH.

Bluhm also supposedly killed himself out of guilt for killing Tessa-in a manner that would be highly unlikely and utterly impossible for him to do.

The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: Justin's death is incomprehensibly ruled a suicide, despite, as his friend cites, his body "bearing no less than 8 bullet wounds from three different guns, none of which matched the one he held in his hand.".

Actually her own baby is stillborn and she is nursing another woman's baby. At the end of her pregnancy, Tessa is showed in hospital nursing a black baby. This is a way to show that he is a Nice Guy.

Caring Gardener: Justin is a British diplomat and an amateur gardener who spend a lot of time caring for plants.

When he is killed (for other reasons), his body is mutilated in a manner that indicates that his killers knew this and either (a) disfigured him so as to add insult to injury or (b) wanted to make his death look like a homophobic attack.

Bury Your Gays: It's mentioned that the reason Bluhm had to hide his homosexuality is because he would likely have been imprisoned or even murdered had it become known.Quite apart from being one of the highest-ranking conspirators, the letter he wrote to Sandy (in response to Tessa's findings) reveals just how unpleasant he really is under his genteel exterior: in particular, he refers to Tessa as "your resident harlot." Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Sir Bernard Pellegrin, Head of FCO Africa desk, and one of Justin's bosses.As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The name of the NGO Arnold Bluhm works for, "Médecins dans l'Univers", means "Doctors in the universe" in French, so it would be more appropriate to a space research project than to an NGO.Anachronic Order: The first part of the movie is interspersed with flashbacks about Justin and Tessa's background.Meanwhile, more flashbacks show how their relationship developed and fluctuated, and hint at Tessa's efforts to uncover human rights abuses, the extent of which were never completely shared with Justin. What at first seems like the result of infidelity blown out of control starts to look like it might be related to Tessa's activism. In the present, Justin confirms that she has truly been killed, and begins to ask questions about the crime. The two of them end up continuing the discussion over drinks, and start a relationship. Justin makes a prepared statement at the UN Tessa uses the Q&A to go after him, the positions in the speech he read, and British foreign policy. A few days later Justin's boss tells him Tessa may have been killed.Ĭut without warning to Justin and Tessa's first meeting. We open with Justin Quayle ( Ralph Fiennes), a mild-mannered British diplomat, saying goodbye to his wife Tessa ( Rachel Weisz) at an airfield in Kenya. A 2005 political thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles, based on the 2001 novel by John le Carré.