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Synopsis
Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, CITY OF GOD, won awards all over the world and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carre, is an exciting mix of romance and spy thriller. Ralph Fiennes stars as Justin Quayle, a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is killed, he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy. Jeffrey Caine's powerful screenplay alternates between flashbacks of Justin and Tessa's relationship and Justin's hunt for the truth, which makes him a target although he doesn't know who is after him. Fine support is offered by Danny Huston as his close friend and confidant, Sandy; Bill Nighy as shady British official Sir Bernard Pellegrin; and Hubert Kounde as Arnold Bluhm, an African doctor who might have been a little too friendly with Tessa. Meirelles's pacing is outstanding, switching effortlessly between political intrigue, action adventure, and love story. And Fiennes and Weisz give strong performances playing complex characters that will continually surprise the audience. THE CONSTANT GARDENER is a thrilling tale from start to finish.
The Constant Gardener Review
If "City of God" provided a haunting insight into the dangerous, gangster-run, drug fuelled streets of Rio, then director Fernando Meirelles is fast making a name for himself as a filmmaker who has a talent for exposing environments audiences would normally would be oblivious too. Merielles' second film, "The Constant Gardener", is a beautiful but chilling, powerfully portrayed drama, which exposes the corruption of the pharmaceutical trade in Africa and the harsh reality of close surveillance society here at home.
Based on John Le Carre's novel, the excellent Ralph Fiennes plays Justin Quale, a British diplomat assigned to work in Kenya, whose wife (Rachel Weisz) is murdered for trying to expose the illegal practices of pharmaceutical corporations in Africa. Unaware of the cause of death, Quale slowly gets caught up in a huge conspiracy as he searches for the answers that nobody will give him.
Fiennes is an actor who truly excels when given a role with great depth and substance, and he certainly commits himself to the role of Quale, a character who is at times lost in his role of a Diplomat, besotted with his wife and truly haunted by her mysterious death. Coupled with Fiennes' superb performance is the excellent directing of Fernando Meirelles.
As with "City of God", "The Constant Gardner" is told through an unconventional narrative structure. Cutting between past and present and combined with beautiful imagery of both the City of London and the shanty towns of Kenya, Meirelles drives forward a compelling story that keeps audiences intrigued till the closing moment. Expect buzz galore around Oscar time.
Special Features
- Embracing Africa: Filming in Kenya
- John Le Carré: From Page to the Screen
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller : Behind The Scenes of the Constant Gardener
- Extended scene: 'Haruma - Play in Kibera'
- Deleted Scenes
Technical Information
Region 2
Running Time: 129 minutes
Production Year: 2005
Main Language: English
Classification: Thriller
Certificate: 15 Suitable for Persons Aged 15 or Over
Director Name: Fernando Meirelles
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