The Constant Gardener
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fernando Meirelles
Chris Payne
Ainea Ojiambo
Javier Crespo
Eva Plackner
Pete Postlethwaite
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, the region's most dedicated activist, the brilliant and passionate Tessa Quayle, has been found brutally murdered. Tessa's traveling companion, a local doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Sandy Woodrow, Sir Bernard Pellegrin, and the other members of the British High Commission assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to their discretion. They could not be more wrong. This career diplomat's equilibrium has been exploded by the loss of the woman he was deeply devoted to. They were opposites whose attraction sustained a marriage, the memories of which now spur Justin to take decisive action for the first time in his life and diplomatic career. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his wife's infidelities, Justin surprises himself by plunging headlong into a dangerous odyssey. Determined to clear his wife's name and "finish what she started," Justin embarks on a crash course to learn about the pharmaceutical industry, whose crimes Tessa was on the verge of uncovering, and journeys across two continents in search of the truth. His eyes are soon opened to a vast conspiracy at once deadly and commonplace, one that has claimed innocent lives--and is about to put his own at risk.
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Cast
Chris Payne
Ainea Ojiambo
Javier Crespo
Eva Plackner
Pete Postlethwaite
Christopher Okinda
Rupert Simonian
Richard Mccabe
Ben Gardiner
Bernard Otieno Oduor
Edgar Nicolas Rhode
Lydia M Manyasi
Daniele Harford
Peter King Nzioki
Kirumburu Ng'ang'a
Brigid M Kakenyi
Keith Pearson
Skaila Kanga
Javier Paxarino
Teresa Harder
John Parricelli
Gerard Mcsorley
Steenie Njoroge
John Moller
Archie Panjabi
Katherine Damaris
David Daniels
Chris Laurence
Juliet Aubrey
Jeffrey Caine
Bill Nighy
Ben Parker
Packson Ngugi
Thomas Chemnitz
Samuel Otage
Andre Leenheer
Claire Simpson
Javier Casado
Chris Lightburn-jones
Donald Apiyo
Mumbi Kaigwa
Stuart Wheeler
Frank Ricotti
Donald Sumpter
Paul Clarvis
Julia Malkova
Nyajima Jial
Joe Christopher Rhode
Dang Wuor Dew
Danny Huston
Rachel Weisz
Simon Chamberlain
Christian Ehlert
John Sibi-okumu
Anneke Kim Sarnau
Nick Reding
Hubert Kounde
John Keogh
Ayub Ogada
Ann Achan
Ralph Fiennes
Sidede Onyulo
Jacqueline Maribe
Damaris Itenyo Agweyu
Crew
Jeff Abberley
Janine Abery
Mbarak Achieng
Nick Adams
Kevin Adcock
Musa Ali
Andrew Allen
Phillip Amba
Ulius M Ambuche
Ezekiel Andika
Phylis Andika
Daryl Andrews
George L Andrews
Michael Anemba
Jarad Angima
Eddie Aniere
Asad Anwar
Cristina Aragon
Colin Athanasius
Paul Atoni
Evelyn Atsiaya
George Atsiaya
Kerri Aungle
Eddie Baker
Ilow Baltor
John Baraza
Hannayi Barbara
Waseem Barlas
Telfer Barnes
Daniel Barton
Shanna Baynard
Orin Beaton
Nicolas Becker
Friederike Beckert
Markus Bensch
Victor Biwott
Julia Blackman
Christine Blundell
Christine Blundell
Annette Borgmann
Natalie Borlaug
Z Boskovich
Harry Bowers
Jo Cottrell Boyce
Claire Broughton
Rob Brown
Abbie Browne
Chris Bryant
Liza Brzonskalla
Jaap Buitendijk
Charles Bukeko
Sarah Bungartz
Jamie Burden
John Burden
Rocky Burnes
Tony Burnes
Andy Burrows
Sandra Butterworth
Peter Byrne
Jeffrey Caine
Francesco Cameli
Ergun Cankaya
Javier Casado
Kirstin Chalmers
Simon Channing-williams
Barry Chapman
Ctsar Charlone
Ctsar Charlone
John Chavanga
Victor Chege
Frederick Chepsror
Simon Chesesio
Kate Chilcott
James Clarke
Andrew Cliff
Graham Cole
Ian Colmar
Martin Colmar
Jonah Coombes
Jose Luis Crespo
Harmon Cusack
Steve Cussell
Scott Davenport
Lara David
Leo Davis
Michael Davis
Tone Davis
Michelle Day
Clifford De Spenser
Adrian De Wet
John Denison
Amar Desai
Ravi Desai
Odile Dicks-mireaux
Birgit Dierken
Nicole Dierken
Moritz Dirks
Christopher Doll
Gary Donoghue
Jonathan Dredge
Susan Drennan
Benjamin Dreythaller
Tony Driver
Luke Drummond
Jason Dully
Michelle Dunton
Lou Durkin
Graham Easton
Gail Egan
Karen Elliott
Jens Enderling
Dennis Erdmann
Ana Eusa
Arwell Evans
Jennie Evans
John Evans
Simon Everett
Warren Ewan
Samuel Ewoi
Daniel Fabry
Anthony Faust
Blake Few
Carlos Fidel
Ralph Fiennes
Jay Floyd
Stephen Forrest-smith
Vic Fraser
Mark French
Philip Mark Freudenfeld
Sandra Frieze
Peter Fritscher
John Chege Gachoka
Julius Gatheri
Bernard Gatheru
Bernard Gathogo
Justin Gathumbi
Becca Gatrell
Stephen Gichoi
Evanson N Gitau
Gabriel Gitau
Rueben Gitau
Stephen Gitau
Peter Githaiga
Kuria Joseph Githau
Gideon Gitonga
Alex Gladstone
Adam Glasman
Elizabeth Glaysher
Marian Goepel
Julius Goosen
Thomas Gosta
Paul Grahame
Sebastian Gross
Frank Gust
Matthias Haase
Katy Hackney
Grant Hall
Sparka Hall
Alistair Hamer
Steve Hancock
Ben Harrington
Paul Hatchman
Christopher Hawkins
Katja Heissig
Anne Helmer
Till Hennig
Sven Herrmann
Mildred Hill
Patty Hill
Steffi Hiller
Nazizi Hirgi
Katja Hoerstmann
Jan Hogevold
Till Hohenberger
Vince Holden
Robin Hollister
Lissy Holm
Martin Honer
Alistair Hopkins
Nigel Horn
Rob Houston
Charles Howell
Axel Huebner
Daniel Huhn
Mohammed Hussan
Darryl Huxley
Alberto Iglesias
Alberto Iglesias
Stephen Irungu
Dancan Nzuka Ivutha
Scott Jacobson
Roly Jansen
Drew Jones
Robert Jones
Tedd Josiah
John Juma Juma
Lenny Juma
Patrick Kabaru
Frederick Kago
George K Kahura
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actress
Award Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Score
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz) by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Winner of two 2005 Satellite Awards including Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Danny Huston) and Best Cinematography by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Released in United States Summer August 31, 2005
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Shown at London Film Festival (Opening Night) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Competition) August 31-September 10, 2005.
Based on the novel "The Constant Gardener" written by John LeCarre; published by Simon & Schuster, 2000.
Mike Newell was previously attached to direct, and was replaced by Fernando Meirelles when Newell decided to helm the 4th Harry Potter film for Warner Bros. The project received $3.6 million in funding from the UK's Film Council.
English language directorial debut for Fernando Meirelles.
Released in United States Summer August 31, 2005
Released in United States on Video January 10, 2006
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (Opening Night) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Competition) August 31-September 10, 2005.)
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Editing by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
