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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 31, 2005
Box Office
$82.5M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
3.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 10, 2006
Theaters
12
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Scion Films, Studio Babelsberg, Epsilon Motion Pictures, UK Film Council, Potboiler Productions, Blue Sky Africa
Quotes
See all →Struggling with the Concept of Home
Tim Donohue
Leave this Justin. Go home.
Justin Quayle
I can't go home. Tessa was my home.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation in a Hostile Environment
Tim Donohue
Who did you think I was?
[after a car chase through the desert]
Justin Quayle
Fuck you, Donohue! This is bandit country.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Ralph Fiennes
Justin Quayle
R
Rachel Weisz
Tessa Quayle
Danny Huston
Sandy Woodrow
Bill Nighy
Sir Bernard Pellegrin
P
Pete Postlethwaite
Lorbeer
R
Richard McCabe
Arthur Hammond
D
Donald Sumpter
Tim Donohue
J
Juliet Aubrey
Gloria Woodrow
H
Hubert Koundé
Dr. Arnold Bluhm
A
Archie Panjabi
Ghita Pearson
G
Gerard McSorley
Sir Kenneth Curtiss
S
Sidede Onyulo
Jonah Andika
A
Anneke Kim Sarnau
Birgit
K
Keith Pearson
Porter Coleridge
N
Nick Reding
Crick
A
Ainea Ojiambo
Police Driver
P
Peter King Nzioki
Policeman 1
J
John Keogh
Immigration Official
J
Jeffrey Caine
Club Servant
R
Rupert Simonian
Guido Hammond
