The Constant Gardener

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Universal Pictures is proud to announce the DVD release of the highly acclaimed The Constant Gardener, available to own and rent on DVD from 13th March 2006.

Starring Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List) and Rachel Weisz (Enemy At The Gates, The Mummy); this provocative, cinematographically delightful film tells a tale of love, corruption, exploitation and murder. Based on the best-selling John le Carré novel and superbly directed by Fernando Morielles (Oscar nominated for his first film: City of God) The Constant Gardener is so engaging and richly layered you'll watch it again and again.

In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz) is found brutally murdered. Tessa's travelling companion, an African 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 un-ambitious colleague Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) will leave the matter to them, but they could not be more wrong.

Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumours of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents to learn the horrifying truth of his wife's death. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk 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 Constant Gardener is a breathtaking yet tragic love story told in retrospect and set against the political backdrop of an economic pharmaceutical conspiracy feasting upon the low value of life in Africa. Shifting back and forth, the romance between Justin and Tessa is wonderfully portrayed, building a vivid, gripping and heightened, yet justified, paranoia as the film develops.

A supremely well-executed piece of cinematography that will linger in your mind and challenge your beliefs, The Constant Gardener is a must have DVD.