Storyline
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.
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Cast
Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Pete Postlethwaite, Juliet Aubrey, Gerard McSorley, Donald Sumpter, Rupert Simonian, Richard McCabe, Archie Panjabi, Hubert Koundé, Daniele Harford, Bernard Otieno Oduor, Damaris Itenyo Agweyu, Keith Pearson, John Sibi-Okumu, Jacqueline Maribe, Donald Apiyo, Anneke Kim Sarnau
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Reviews
91
Entertainment Weekly
The movie is smart, serious, and adult about something that matters, but not at the expense of a kind of awful, sensual revelry as le Carré's capacious plot hurtles to its big finish.
90
Film Threat
The film is able to be a thriller, a political statement and a haunting romance all at once.
90
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Ralph Fiennes gives one of the year's subtlest, yet most exciting, screen performances.
88
Rolling Stone
Director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine put a human face on John le Carre's novel of sex, lies and dirty politics in modern Africa. Prepare for a thrilling ride.
80
His (Fernando Meirelles) impressionistic, guerilla style of filmmaking works surprisingly well in capturing the hypnotic urgency of le Carre's fiction. And his viewpoint is less British and more Third World.
