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The Constant Gardener
2005
· Movie
· 129 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1351
- IMDb #1471
- Google retired #1604
- Rotten Tomatoes #1360
- Metacritic #826
- Letterboxd #1867
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1737
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1432
- Metacritic Critics #553
- Metacritic Audience #1761
- Criticker #1035
- Douban #757
- Kinopoisk #2391
- AlloCiné #1180
- Trakt #2401
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A low-level British diplomat in Kenya investigates the murder of his activist wife. His inquiry uncovers her secret work exposing a corrupt pharmaceutical company that was using Kenyan citizens as unwitting test subjects for a dangerous new drug. He risks his own life to continue her work and expose the powerful conspiracy.
Details
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Writer
- Jeffrey Caine
- Based on
- The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
- Released
- 31 August 2005
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Kenya
- Language
- English, Italian, Swahili, German
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $82.5M
- Awards
- 26 wins, 47 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (51) →
Awards & nominations
See all 73 →5 major awards won · 26 wins from 73 nominations across 33 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 2006 | Prix France Musique | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2006 | Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2006 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 2005 | Young Cinema Award for Best International Film | Fernando Meirelles | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Film Editing | Claire Simpson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2006 | Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Claire Simpson | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Prix France Musique | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
Venice Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Young Cinema Award for Best International Film | Fernando Meirelles | Winner |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Picture | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | Mark Tildesley | Nominee |
Goya Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
7 nominations, 4 won
| British Actor of the Year | Ralph Fiennes | Winner |
| British Actress of the Year | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| British Film of the Year | The Constant Gardener | Winner |
| British Producer of the Year | Simon Channing Williams | Winner |
| Director of the Year | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
| Screenwriter of the Year | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Winner |
| Best Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Best British Independent Film | The Constant Gardener | Winner |
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor/Actress | Bill Nighy | Nominee |
| Best Technical Achievement | César Charlone | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | César Charlone | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama | Danny Huston | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Alberto Iglesias | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Winner |
| Best Film | The Constant Gardener | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Winner |
| Top 9 Films | The Constant Gardener | Winner |
World Soundtrack Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Original Score of the Year | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Alberto Iglesias | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
10 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Claire Simpson | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Rachel Weisz | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | César Charlone | Nominee |
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
| Best Film | Simon Channing Williams | Nominee |
| Best Original Music | Alberto Iglesias | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson, Mike Prestwood Smith, and Sven Taits | Nominee |
| Outstanding British Film | Simon Channing Williams, Fernando Meirelles, and Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ralph Fiennes | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | César Charlone | Nominee |
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Director of a Motion Picture | Fernando Meirelles | Winner |
Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign-Language Film | The Constant Gardener | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Winner |
Women's Image Network Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Feature Film | Ralph Fiennes | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Claire Simpson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
2 nominations
| Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Music | Tony Lewis | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing in Foreign Feature – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR | Joakim Sundström, Nick Adams, Jennie Evans, Paul Wrightson, and Nicolas Becker | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Claire Simpson | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | César Charlone | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Non-European Film | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
Imagen Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |
NAACP Image Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film | The Constant Gardener | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Award | Jeffrey Caine and John le Carré | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Director | Fernando Meirelles | Nominee |