Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/31/05 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity Running Time 2 hours 9 minutes Genre Suspense, Drama Director Fernando Meirelles Cast Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Hubert Koundé Studio Focus Features |
THE CONSTANT GARDENER (2005)
SYNOPSIS
From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy
Award-nominated director of City of God, comes a
gripping new film that sweeps audiences along one
man's emotional and global journey to uncover the
truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide
conspiracy.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes and
Rachel Weisz head the cast of the romantic thriller The
Constant Gardener, adapted by Jeffrey Caine from the
novel of the same name by John le Carre and filmed on
location in Berlin, London, and Nairobi and numerous
other parts of Kenya. The International filmmaking
team behind The Constant Gardener includes producer
Simon channing Williams (Academy Award nominee
for Secret & Lies), editor Claire Simpson (Academy
Award winner for Platoon), production designer Mark
Tildesley (28 Days Later...), and costume designer
Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Dirty Pretty Things).
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, the region's most
dedicated activist, the brilliant and passionate Tessa
Quayle (Rachel Weisz), has been found brutally
murdered. Tessa's travelling companion, a local
doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the
From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy
Award-nominated director of City of God, comes a
gripping new film that sweeps audiences along one
man's emotional and global journey to uncover the
truth behind a personal loss and a worldwide
conspiracy.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes and
Rachel Weisz head the cast of the romantic thriller The
Constant Gardener, adapted by Jeffrey Caine from the
novel of the same name by John le Carre and filmed on
location in Berlin, London, and Nairobi and numerous
other parts of Kenya. The International filmmaking
team behind The Constant Gardener includes producer
Simon channing Williams (Academy Award nominee
for Secret & Lies), editor Claire Simpson (Academy
Award winner for Platoon), production designer Mark
Tildesley (28 Days Later...), and costume designer
Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Dirty Pretty Things).
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, the region's most
dedicated activist, the brilliant and passionate Tessa
Quayle (Rachel Weisz), has been found brutally
murdered. Tessa's travelling companion, a local
doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the
evidence points to a crime of passion. Sandy Woodrow (Danny Huston), Sir Bernard Pellegrin (Bill Nighy),
and the other members of the British High Commission assume that Tessa's widower, their
mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), will leave the matter to their
discretion. They could not be more wrong...
This career diplomat's equilibrium has been exploded by the loss of the woman he was deeply devoted
to. They were opposites whose attraction sustained a marriage, the memories of which now spur Justin
to take decisive action for the first time in his life and diplomatic career. Haunted by remorse and jarred
by rumors of his wife's infidelities, Justin surprises himself by plunging headlong into a dangerous
odyssey. Determined to clear his wife's name and "finish what she started," Justin embarks on a crash
course to learn about the pharmaceutical industry, whose crimes Tessa was on the verge of uncovering,
and journeys across two continents in seach of the truth. His eyes are soon opened to a vast conspiracy
at once deadly and commonplace, on that has claimed innocent lives - and is about to put his own at risk.
©Focus Features
and the other members of the British High Commission assume that Tessa's widower, their
mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), will leave the matter to their
discretion. They could not be more wrong...
This career diplomat's equilibrium has been exploded by the loss of the woman he was deeply devoted
to. They were opposites whose attraction sustained a marriage, the memories of which now spur Justin
to take decisive action for the first time in his life and diplomatic career. Haunted by remorse and jarred
by rumors of his wife's infidelities, Justin surprises himself by plunging headlong into a dangerous
odyssey. Determined to clear his wife's name and "finish what she started," Justin embarks on a crash
course to learn about the pharmaceutical industry, whose crimes Tessa was on the verge of uncovering,
and journeys across two continents in seach of the truth. His eyes are soon opened to a vast conspiracy
at once deadly and commonplace, on that has claimed innocent lives - and is about to put his own at risk.
©Focus Features
Brenda
Director Fernando Meirelles' screen version of John le Carre's best seller is suspenseful and a romantic
thriller filled with international intrigue. John le Carre's story takes us into the world of corporate
conspirators that see the poor as nothing more than lab rats to test their drugs. Ralph Fiennes gives an
Oscar-worthy performance as Justin Quayle, a mild-mannered British diplomat. This maybe Rachel
Weisz's best performance to date. Cesar Charlone's cinematography gives us a horrifying look at Kenya's
shantytowns. The Constant Gardener is a step above the usual thriller. Sure to gather it's share of
nominations.
Director Fernando Meirelles' screen version of John le Carre's best seller is suspenseful and a romantic
thriller filled with international intrigue. John le Carre's story takes us into the world of corporate
conspirators that see the poor as nothing more than lab rats to test their drugs. Ralph Fiennes gives an
Oscar-worthy performance as Justin Quayle, a mild-mannered British diplomat. This maybe Rachel
Weisz's best performance to date. Cesar Charlone's cinematography gives us a horrifying look at Kenya's
shantytowns. The Constant Gardener is a step above the usual thriller. Sure to gather it's share of
nominations.
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