The Constant Gardener (film)
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| Directed by | Fernando Meirelles |
| Produced by |
Simon Channing Williams Gail Egan |
| Screenplay by | Jeffrey Caine |
| Based on |
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré |
| Starring |
Ralph Fiennes Rachel Weisz Danny Huston Bill Nighy Pete Postlethwaite |
| Music by |
Alberto Iglesias Robert Church |
| Cinematography | César Charlone |
| Edited by | Claire Simpson |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
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129 minutes |
| Language | English German Swahili |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $82,466,670 |
The Constant Gardener is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carré novel of the same name. The film 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 activist, alternating with many flashbacks telling the story of their love.
The film also stars Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy and Donald Sumpter. It was filmed on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera, a section of Nairobi, Kenya. Circumstances in the area affected the cast and crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education for these villages. The plot was vaguely based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria. The DVD versions were released in the United States on 1 January 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2006. Justin's gentle but diligent attention to his plants is a recurring background theme, from which image the film's title is derived.
Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a shy, low-level British diplomat and horticultural hobbyist posted in Kenya, is one to avoid making a fuss until he learns that his wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz) was found dead in the veld. Tessa has been murdered at a crossroads along with her Kenyan driver. Her doctor colleague Arnold Bluhm (Hubert Koundé) is initially suspected of her murder but is later found to have himself been murdered on the same day as Tessa. Various rumours abound that the two were having an affair; however, it is later revealed that Bluhm was gay.
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