The Constant Gardener is a 2005 British-German drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on John le Carré's 2001 novel of the same name. The story follows Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), a British diplomat in Kenya, as he tries to solve the murder of his wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), an Amnesty activist, alternating with many flashbacks telling the story of their love.
Accolades Award / Association / Film festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 7 February 2006 Best Director Academy Awards 5 March 2006 Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Best Film Editing ACE Eddie Awards 19 February 2006 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic African-American Film Critics Association 2005 Top Ten Films The Constant Gardener ALMA Awards 6 May 2006 Outstanding Director of a Motion Picture Art Directors Guild Awards 11 February 2006 Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film British Academy Film Awards 19 February 2006 Best Film Outstanding British Film , , and Best Director Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Original Music Best Sound , , , and Sven Taits British Independent Film Awards 30 November 2005 Best British Independent Film The Constant Gardener Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor/Actress Best Screenplay Best Technical Achievement British Society of Cinematographers Awards 8 December 2006 Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film Cannes Film Festival 17–28 May 2006 Prix France Musique Chicago Film Critics Association 9 January 2006 Best Supporting Actress Critics' Choice Awards 9 January 2006 Best Picture The Constant Gardener Best Supporting Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 19 December 2005 Best Supporting Actress Empire Awards 13 March 2006 Best Thriller The Constant Gardener European Film Awards 3 December 2005 Best Non-European Film Evening Standard British Film Awards 30 January 2006 Best Film The Constant Gardener Best Actor Golden Globe Awards 16 January 2006 Best Motion Picture – Drama The Constant Gardener Best Director Best Supporting Actress Goya Awards 29 January 2006 Best European Film The Constant Gardener Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 22 April 2007 Best Foreign-Language Film The Constant Gardener Imagen Awards 18 August 2006 Best Director International Cinephile Society 2006 Best Picture The Constant Gardener Best Cinematography London Film Critics' Circle 8 February 2006 Film of the Year The Constant Gardener British Film of the Year The Constant Gardener Director of the Year British Actor of the Year British Actress of the Year Screenwriter of the Year British Producer of the Year Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards4 March 2006 Best Sound Editing in Foreign Feature – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR , Nick Adams, Jennie Evans, Paul Wrightson, and Nicolas Becker Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Music Tony Lewis NAACP Image Awards 25 February 2006 Outstanding Independent or Foreign Film The Constant Gardener New York Film Critics Online11 December 2005 Top 9 Films The Constant Gardener Best Director Online Film Critics Society 16 January 2006 Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing San Diego Film Critics Society 19 December 2005 Best Supporting Actress Satellite Awards 17 December 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama Best Original Score Best Cinematography Screen Actors Guild Awards 29 January 2006 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role St. Louis Film Critics Association8 January 2006 Best Picture The Constant Gardener Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography USC Scripter Awards 11 February 2006 USC Scripter Award and Vancouver Film Critics Circle 7 February 2006 Best Supporting Actress Venice Film Festival 31 August – 10 September 2005 Young Cinema Award for Best International Film Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 13 December 2005 Best Director Women's Image Network Awards 1 November 2006 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Feature Film World Soundtrack Awards14 October 2006 Soundtrack Composer of the Year Best Original Score of the Year Writers Guild of America Awards 4 February 2006 Best Adapted Screenplay
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