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CONSTANT GARDENER

Director:

  Fernando Meirelles
  

Year Released:

  2005

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Ralph Fiennes
  Danny Huston
  Hubert Koundé
  Pete Postlethwaite
  Rachel Weisz
Movie Haiku:First World/Third World suspense story based on John Le Carre novel. Fiennes is a British diplomat in Kenya; Weisz is his very young wife. After she’s murdered, he’s desperate for explanations which lead him into international drug company conspiracies. Meirelles, promising director of CITY OF GOD, uses his greatly expanded resources perfectly.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2005