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The Constant Gardener
Upon the murder of his wife, Justin Quyal, a young courageous British diplomat, who after a short time of marriage to the beautiful Tessa, has taken her in a secret mission, where she has been murdered, struggles against finding the suspect, but he shocked with what he has revealed the truth behind a large corrupted organization.
1963, Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1944, London, England, UK
1963
25 February 1972, Elmshorn, Germany
1960, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
13 February 1943, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, UK
July 30, 2007
What it adds up to is a good yarn that uses real political concerns to make itself look beefier than the average Hollywood thriller.
July 03, 2007
a deeply intelligent and profoundly moral examination of a world where the political and the personal cannot ever be kept apart.
August 31, 2005
Meirelles clearly trusts his actors, particularly Fiennes and Weisz: The plot of The Constant Gardener is fairly intricate, but in the end, the story is told mostly in their faces.
April 29, 2009
A sad, taut, and excellent global mystery.
March 01, 2007
Elaborate, cynical, ambitious, eager, visually arresting, the film wants it all and gives plenty.
December 09, 2005
... Ralph Fiennes gives one of the year's subtlest, yet most exciting, screen performances ...
July 14, 2007
Mr. Fiennes, drawing his lips inward and adding just a slight quaver to his voice, gives his finest performance in almost a decade.
August 31, 2005
The Constant Gardener is beautifully structured, an artful mix of forward motion and flashbacks.
September 26, 2005
Fiennes carries Le Carré's spirit with a slow-burning performance that operates on two fronts: As a powerful indictment of third-world abuses by pharmaceutical companies, and as a widower's moving investigation into his shattered relationship.
November 27, 2007
Fernando Meirelles, codirector of City of God, stresses old-fashioned storytelling and takes full advantage of his cast, including Danny Huston.
September 01, 2005
Rises to a pitch of terror and outrage that leaves one shaken.