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The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and produced by Simon Channing-Williams. Based on the novel by John le Carré, the movie features Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, and Bill Nighy in the cast. The narrative is set in the 2000s in Kenya and Kibera, focusing on the pharmaceutical industry, corruption, and medical ethics. The film was produced by Focus Features and distributed by Focus Features and Fandango at Home.
The production involved companies including Scion Films, Studio Babelsberg, and the UK Film Council. It was shot in English, Italian, German, and Swahili. The film received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for awards in film editing, adapted screenplay, and original score. It has a runtime of 129 minutes and was rated R. The movie holds an IMDb rating of 7.3 and a Metascore of 82.
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Film · TMDB
7.0Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle
- Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle
- Danny Huston as Sandy Woodrow
- Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin
- Pete Postlethwaite as Lorbeer
- Richard McCabe as Arthur Hammond
Themes
- diplomat
- aids
- rwandan genocide
- politician
- morgue
- pharmaceutical industry
- nairobi
- kenya
- cancer
- political thriller
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
152,681 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
82/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 35 wins & 70 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Fernando Meirelles
- Screenplay by
- Jeffrey Caine
- Based on
- The Constant Gardener , by John le Carré
- Produced by
- Simon Channing Williams
- Starring
- Ralph Fiennes , Rachel Weisz , Danny Huston , Bill Nighy , Pete Postlethwaite
- Cinematography
- César Charlone
- Edited by
- Claire Simpson
- Music by
- Alberto Iglesias
- Production companies
- UK Film Council , Potboiler Productions, Scion Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (United Kingdom, through United International Pictures ) , Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
- Release dates
- 2 September 2005 ( 2005-09-02 ) (United States) 11 November 2005 ( 2005-11-11 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $82.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Author
- John le Carré
- Country of origin
- Kenya
- Original language
- Swahili
- Based on
- The Constant Gardener
- Main subject
- medical ethics
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
- Producer
- Simon Channing-Williams
- Production company
- Focus Features
- Cinematographer
- César Charlone
- Narrative location
- Kibera
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 694609
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.focusfeatures.com/the_constant_gardener
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- publication date
- 2006-01-12
- title
- The Constant Gardener
- film editor
- Claire Simpson
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- production designer
- Mark Tildesley
- set in period
- 2000s
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 82/100
- capital cost
- 25000000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on John le Carré's 2001 novel. The story follows Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a British diplomat in Kenya, as he tries to solve the murder of his wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), an Amnesty International activist, alternating with flashbacks telling the story of their relationship.
The film's title derives from Justin's gentle but diligent attention to his plants throughout the film. The film was a critical and box office success and earned four Oscar nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress for Weisz.
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