A beautifully shot tale of lust and murder among a hedonistic group of expatriate Britons living in Nairobi, Kenya, during World War Two. Stylishness, elegance and decadence ooze from the very pores of Michael Radford's interesting if leisurely treatment of the cause c�l�bre that resulted from the murder of one of the 'Happy Valley' sophisticates, whose high society resembles nothing more than Berlin at the time of Cabaret. Greta Scacchi, in and out of period costume, certainly does look well worth dying for, as a couple of characters do before the end. And her 1940s 'look', as with everything else in the film, is impeccable. The murder suspects line up as if in an Agatha Christie tale, and, though the real killer was never brought to book, the film-makers leave the viewer in no doubt as to their own solution of the crime. The film gets slower as it goes, but it never quite loses its overall fascination. Watch for Hugh Grant and Nigel Le Vaillant in supporting roles.

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