The Constant Gardener

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.

Fernando Meirelles's adaptation of the le Carré novel lands as a politically charged thriller that critics broadly admired for its kinetic visual style, the chemistry between Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, and its unflinching look at pharmaceutical exploitation in Africa. A strong majority praised it as one of the better films of its year, though a dissenting camp found its flashy, fragmented editing style more exhausting than exhilarating.