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Love. At any cost. - The Constant Gardener
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Title: The Constant Gardener

Release Date: 31 Aug 2005

Runtime: 2h 9m

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Scion Films, Studio Babelsberg, Epsilon Motion Pictures, UK Film Council, Focus Features, Potboiler Productions, Blue Sky Films

Production Companies: Scion Films, Studio Babelsberg, Epsilon Motion Pictures, UK Film Council, Focus Features, Potboiler Productions, Blue Sky Films

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.995 (1509 votes)

Cast

  • Justin Quayle: Ralph Fiennes
  • Tessa Quayle: Rachel Weisz
  • Sandy Woodrow: Danny Huston
  • Sir Bernard Pellegrin: Bill Nighy
  • Lorbeer: Pete Postlethwaite
  • Arthur Hammond: Richard McCabe
  • Tim Donohue: Donald Sumpter
  • Gloria Woodrow: Juliet Aubrey
  • Dr. Arnold Bluhm: Hubert Koundé
  • Ghita Pearson: Archie Panjabi
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