The Constant Gardener (2005) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 31, 2005
On DVD:	January 10, 2006
Genre:	Suspense, Drama
Director:	Fernando Meirelles
Writer:	Jeffrey Caine
Cast:	Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy, Hubert Koundé
Studio:	Focus Features
Official site:	theconstantgardener.com
Running Time:	129 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language, some violent images and sexual content/nudity

Based on the best-selling John le Carré novel and from the Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God." In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), will...

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Africa is slowly being featured in more and more mainstream films, although two, the other being "Hotel Rwanda," is not exactly a number to scream about. Regardless, the drug controversy in Africa is given a scathing review in "The Constant Gardener," an intriguing, intoxicating and visually stimulating drama-thriller from the director behind "City of God." Full movie review »