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The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles ("City of God") directs this film, based on John le Carre's novel, about a British high commissioner (Ralph Fiennes) determined to solve the murder of his activist wife (Rachel Weisz).
Genre:
Mystery/Suspense
MPAA Rating:
Starring:
Pernilla August, Ralph Fiennes, Daniele Harford, Danny Huston, John Keogh, Hubert Koundi, Richard McCabe, Gerard McSorley, Sidede Onyulo, Archie Panjabi, Pete Postlethwaite, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Donald Sumpter, Rachel Weisz
Director:
Fernando Meirelles
Running Time:
2:09
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Vivid performances drive Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles's fine adaptation of the John Le Carre novel. Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a mild-mannered junior diplomat in Kenya, is shattered when his wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is violently murdered on a "research trip" far up country. He learns quickly enough that Tessa, a social gadfly type, had acquired a "reputation" in the tight world of British diplomacy. The movie chronicles Justin's growth as he begins to understand what sort of a woman he had.
Fiennes hasn't looked so good in years, playing a soft man become hard. Weisz is especially good. The quick evocations of diplomatic life, corporate dealings and even the world of anonymous travel off-passport are splendidly done. What is evoked best, though, is Africa, that maddening panorama of beauty, nobility, poverty and corruption. Contains sexuality, gore and violence.
--Stephen Hunter
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