The Constant Gardener
Movie • 2005 • Drama
ReportJustin 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.
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At the beginning of the movie, Tessa is raped, tortured, and killed. We don't see any of it happen on-screen, but we see glimpses of her body afterward, and other characters discuss it.
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A teenage girl is used to test unproven drugs and dies. Babies are refused healthcare. Children live in poverty. A young boy is hinted to have been killed by the police. During a raid on a food camp, we see children snatched up by the soldiers, to be carried away to some dark fate.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Characters discuss the fact that Tessa was raped, and who might have done it.
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At one point a character's actions are somewhat ambiguous as to whether he's seeking death or simply at peace with it.
Also, a murder is covered up as a suicide, so there is at least one scene of characters mourning a "suicide" even though it didn't happen.
Also, a murder is covered up as a suicide, so there is at least one scene of characters mourning a "suicide" even though it didn't happen.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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As part of Charles's torture killing.
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Is someone tortured?
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Charles and Tessa are tortured and killed at the beginning of the movie. We don't see it happen but we see their bodies afterward, and the tortures are discussed repeatedly by other characters.
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No, although at one point a man makes a comment to a woman "If you were my wife, I'd tie you to the bed," over her perceived risk-taking while pregnant.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Not completely hopeless, but yeah, pretty sad.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Naked pregnant lady and naked little boy.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is someone stalked?
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Justin is followed (both openly and covertly), threatened, and assaulted by government / corporate agents. Not a good movie for paranoia.
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Is there gun violence?
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A fair bit, especially in the second half of the movie.
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Not actually clear whether the baby was stillborn or born alive then died shortly thereafter. Either way, it's one to avoid if you're sensitive to this.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Posthumously.
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Does someone miscarry?
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There is a full-term stillbirth, or it might have been a baby who was born alive, then died shortly thereafter.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The first deaths in the movie are a black man and a white woman who were killed together. The black man was tortured and lynched; we see the graphic aftermath.
Also worth noting that the movie deals very directly with racism and in particular how cheaply the lives of Black Africans are held by the world's power structures--many black people die during this movie.
Also worth noting that the movie deals very directly with racism and in particular how cheaply the lives of Black Africans are held by the world's power structures--many black people die during this movie.
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Does someone cheat?
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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS. In the first half of the movie, we (and Justin) are led to believe this may have happened, but it turns out that isn't the case. Tessa did agree to cheat with someone in order to get something she wanted, but she never intended to go through with it, and never did go through with it.
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Are there demons or Hell?
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One religious character talks about Hell and the Devil, but it's just his personal beliefs.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Tessa is heavily pregnant for much of the first half of the movie. We see her nursing a baby and there are a few other scenes with people carrying a baby.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Tessa gives birth in a poor Kenyan clinic. There's a morgue scene as well.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Justin is beaten on-screen by thugs.
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Is there shakey cam?
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Almost the whole film is shot handheld.
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In the morgue right after (kind of spoiler) Justin identifies the body Sandy v*mits mostly audio but some visual. Only brief
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