Dimensions
128 x 198 x 36mm
The master of spy thrillers, John Le Carré makes the leap from the page to the screen in 'The Constant Gardener', with Academy Award-nominated director Fernando Meirelles at the helm, making his English language debut. Ralph Fiennes stars as mild-mannered British diplomat in Nairobi, Justin Quayle. When his wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz) - activist and lawyer - is brutally murdered, Justin is pitched on a thrilling trajectory as he investigates the circumstances of her disappearance and murder, uncovering his wife's case against a multinational drug company which uses human guinea pigs to test a remedy for tuberculosis - drugs with fatal side effects. When Justin connects his own superiors to the destruction of her report he finds himself a target.
'The Constant Gardener' is widely regarded as one of the best novels Le Carré has written. Frightening, heartbreaking and exquisitely calibrated, it is a profoundly moving story of a man ennobled by his wife's murder, and a magnificent exploration of the dark side of unbridled capitalism. The film opens in cinemas throughout Australia on 19 January 2006. Also stars Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Nighy and Anthony LaPaglia.
