The Constant Gardener

"The news hit the British High
Commission in Nairobi at nine-
thirty on a Monday morning.
Sandy Woodraw took it like a
bullet, jaw rigid, chest out, smack
through his divided English heart.
He was standing. That much he
afterwards remembered. He was
standing and the internal phone
was piping. He was reaching for
something, he heard the piping
so he checked himself in order to
stretch down and fish the receiver
off the desk and say, "Woodraw."
Or maybe,"Woodraw here". ... "

Thus begins John le Carre's
exquisitely calibrated novel "The
Constant Gardener". Now it's a movie. Now it's a movie by the Academy
Award-nominated director of "City of God" -- Fernando Meirelles . And we
have to say ... it is going to be one of the best films of 2005.

In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz)
is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have
fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of
the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their
mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes
did excellent job in the movie), will leave the matter to them. They could
not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late
wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal
odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged
access to diplomatic secrets, he risks his own life, stopping at nothing to
uncover and expose the truth -- a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly
than Quayle could ever have imagined.

The film is rated R and to know more visit the film's official website:
theconstantgardener.com