The Constant Gardener is a movie based on a novel by John Le Carre with the same name an is apparently based on a real life incident. Dan Quayle, a British diplomat discovers that his activist wife Tessa is murdered with her driver. Though the murder is blamed on her colleague Alnold, it is found that he is murdered too.
The soft and withdrawn academic Quayle, who loves his gardening, tries to find out why she was murdered and comes to know that she had been investigating a pharma cartel that was testing drugs fraudulently on the Kenyan population with harmful side effects. The pharma company is ruthless and warns Quayle that he will be eliminated too. Quayle is found dead in the same place that Tessa was found. Though its shown as a suicide it is revealed that it could be a murder but by then enough damage may have been done already. Ralph Fiennes and Raquel Wiesz play the lead roles in this movie. Africa is shown beautifully. The movie is rather slow with the love story popping in flashbacks. Though it's promoted as 'Love at any cost' its really a thriller and that's the angle they should have chosen I felt.
The soft and withdrawn academic Quayle, who loves his gardening, tries to find out why she was murdered and comes to know that she had been investigating a pharma cartel that was testing drugs fraudulently on the Kenyan population with harmful side effects. The pharma company is ruthless and warns Quayle that he will be eliminated too. Quayle is found dead in the same place that Tessa was found. Though its shown as a suicide it is revealed that it could be a murder but by then enough damage may have been done already. Ralph Fiennes and Raquel Wiesz play the lead roles in this movie. Africa is shown beautifully. The movie is rather slow with the love story popping in flashbacks. Though it's promoted as 'Love at any cost' its really a thriller and that's the angle they should have chosen I felt.
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