Count Laszlo de Almásy
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The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film starred Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles.
Sep 27, 2021 · For Elaine to admit she loathed The English Patient seemed to fit her character – she is not a sweet, romantic type, so she's of course sceptical about a sweeping romance.
The English patient, sedated by morphine, begins to reveal everything: he fell in love with the Englishwoman Katharine Clifton who, with her husband Geoffrey, accompanied Almásy's desert exploration team.
- Michael Ondaatje
- 1992
Nov 22, 1996 · This poetic, evocative film version of the famous novel by Michael Ondaatje circles down through layers of mystery until all of the puzzles in the story have been solved, and only the great wound of a doomed love remains.
The English Patient: Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas. At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
The sweeping expanses of the Sahara are the setting for a passionate love affair in this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje 's novel. A badly burned man, Count Laszlo de Almásy (Ralph Fiennes), is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery near the end of World War II.
Dec 13, 2001 · Minghella (who won Best Director) manages to seamlessly weave together the splintered stories of desert adventure, doomed love, and a war torn country, while maintaining an interest in each...
