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.
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
diplomat
aids
rwandan genocide
politician
morgue
pharmaceutical industry
nairobi
kenya
cancer
political thriller
factual
dramatic
tense
Rank
#82 in 2005·#4775 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Justin Quayle
Rachel Weisz
Tessa Quayle
Danny Huston
Sandy Woodrow
Bill Nighy
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
Pete Postlethwaite
Lorbeer
Richard McCabe
Arthur Hammond
Donald Sumpter
Tim Donohue
Juliet Aubrey
Gloria Woodrow
Hubert Koundé
Dr. Arnold Bluhm
Archie Panjabi
Ghita Pearson
Gerard McSorley
Sir Kenneth Curtiss
Sidede Onyulo
Jonah Andika
Crew
Fernando Meirelles
Director
Alberto Iglesias
Original Music Composer
Claire Simpson
Editor
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Gail Egan
Executive Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Executive Producer
Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer
Mark Tildesley
Production Design
John le Carré
Novel
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Costume Design
Adrian De Wet
Digital Supervisor
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Popular Reviews
143 reviews
Inevitable_sun
9.6★ · 12/20/24
Refined in a artistic way, not pretentious, but telling of love and the intricate truth that is called humanity.
Refined in a artistic way, not pretentious, but telling of love and the intricate truth that is called humanity.
Ian Erickson
7.0★ · 03/05/26
what this movie about a drug scandal was missing was a lot of curly hair + sassy dialogue + julia roberts. additionally casting directors should know that they can’t cast kalinda from the good wife in movies because then people will say “oh that’s kalinda from the good wife” every time she’s in a scene.
what this movie about a drug scandal was missing was a lot of curly hair + sassy dialogue + julia roberts. additionally casting directors should know that they can’t cast kalinda from the good wife in movies because then people will say “oh that’s kalinda from the good wife” every time she’s in a scene.
Chloe
2.0★ · 02/23/26
no gardening whatsoever so dull that it took me multiple sittings to complete and i have no clue what happened because i had no interest in any of this shit ON A SIDE NOTE I DIDN’T REALISE THIS WAS VOLDEMORT I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR
no gardening whatsoever so dull that it took me multiple sittings to complete and i have no clue what happened because i had no interest in any of this shit ON A SIDE NOTE I DIDN’T REALISE THIS WAS VOLDEMORT I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR
Ben Kelly
7.0★ · 01/05/26
Film 3 of 1001 films to watch before you die.
The most modern entry in the book, had some very powerful scenes mainly in rural Africa. Not a patch on Meirelles’s City of God but an entertaining watch nonetheless.
Film 3 of 1001 films to watch before you die.
The most modern entry in the book, had some very powerful scenes mainly in rural Africa. Not a patch on Meirelles’s City of God but an entertaining watch nonetheless.
lululaWK
6.0★ · 11/27/25
The way I cried when they couldn’t let the little girl on the plane
The way I cried when they couldn’t let the little girl on the plane
