This film begins as simple tale of forbidden love, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the writer had a lot of twists up his sleeve. There's even a bit of social commentary, about the drastic differences between rich and poor in Africa. But the filmmakers don't spend much time on these weighty themes, they focus instead on a murder plot hatched by the spoiled, cheating wife Marie, who is intent on murdering the rich powerful Amado. It's never exactly clear why she so depsises him so, we're told that "money" is her sole motivation. The film is worth seeing for the twists alone, which are pretty clever and foreshadowed well. My biggest reservation is that the dialogue is sometimes hard to make out, the thick accents of the cast can be a little distracting. That being said, the parts are well cast, especially "Luke," the lead actor, extraordinarily likable for an unknown.