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The Constant Gardener is an Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe Award-winning 2005 film. It is based on the novel of the same title by John le Carré. It tells the story of Justin Quayle, who finds his wife murdered and seeks to uncover the reasons behind her death. Directed by Brazilian Fernando Meirelles, of City of God
fame, the film stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, and was released on August 31, 2005.

The story was filmed in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera, Kenya. The situation affected the cast and crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education around these villages. Weisz, Fiennes, and Le Carré are patrons of the charity.

Locations

Nairobi, Kenya, British High Commission
London, UK, gentleman's club
Hannover, Germany, NGO clearinghouse
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, research lab (the KDH lab at the end is actually the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg)
Lokichokio, northern Kenya
Southern Sudan, refugee camp
Italy, small village

Awards

The film was nominated for the 2005 Golden Globe Awards in the following categories: best film, best director and best supporting actress (Rachel Weisz). Weisz won the Best Supporting Actress at the 2005 Golden Globes for her performance in the film, as well as the 2005 Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. On January 31, 2006, the film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Weisz, which she won.

DVD release dates

Image:The constant gardener dvd.jpg|U.S.: January 1, 2006
U.K.: March 13, 2006

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