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2005 • 2h 9min • R • Mystery, Thriller, Drama

The Constant Gardener

"Love. At any cost."

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

IMDb 7.3

RT 83%

MC 82

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Writer

Jeffrey Caine

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Ralph Fiennes

Justin Quayle

Rachel Weisz

Tessa Quayle

Danny Huston

Sandy Woodrow

Bill Nighy

Sir Bernard Pellegrin

Pete Postlethwaite

Lorbeer

Richard McCabe

Arthur Hammond

Donald Sumpter

Tim Donohue

Juliet Aubrey

Gloria Woodrow

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