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The
English Patient
1996
162 mins dir - Anthony Minghella stars - Ralph Fiennes - Almasy
Kristin Scott Thomas - Katherine Clifton Juliette Binoche
- Hana Willem Dafoe - Caravaggio
After
being nominated for 12 Oscars it won 9 and I suppose it deserved
some of the acclaim that it received. The story is adapted
from Michael Ondaatje's novel and is about a Hungarian Count,
Laszlo Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) who has been badly disfigured
by fire and now temporarily resides in a Tuscan monastery
where Hana the nurse (Juliette Binoche) looks after him as
the second world war continues all around them. Here he reflects
on the pre-war affair that he had with the wife of one of
his comrades (Kristin Scott Thomas) with the story constantly
changing between the two times as the film progresses. A thouroughly
enjoyable film.
