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Genres:
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Romance /
Drama /
War
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Release:
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Director:
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Anthony Minghella
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Actors:
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Clive Merrison,
Nino Castelnuovo,
Hichem Rostom,
Peter Rühring,
Geordie Johnson,
Ralph Fiennes,
Juliette Binoche,
Willem Dafoe,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Naveen Andrews,
Colin Firth,
Julian Wadham,
Jürgen Prochnow,
Kevin Whately,
Torri Higginson
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Duration:
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155 min.
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Rating:
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(7.2/10)148
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Plot Summary:
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A Hungarian be confident of's (Ralph Fiennes) try with a British newlywed leads to tragedy in World War II North Africa.
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Tags:
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English Patient, The
Beautifully shot adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's classic novel. Showered with Oscars and plaudits on its release
Oscars for Best Picture, director Minghella and actress Binoche were among the many laurels showered on this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's 1992 book.
Romance blossoms between star-crossed lovers Count Laszlo de Almásy (Fiennes) and Katherine Clifton (Scott Thomas) in desert outposts during World War II, the couple's affair related in flashback by amnesiac, charred and dying Almásy to sympathetic nurse Hana (Binoche).
Although its setting (and aloof leading man) has drawn comparisons with epics such as Lawrence Of Arabia, the ebb and flow of memory and attention to interior landscape - both signatures of Minghella's wo...
You need the right mood.
I've watched this film three times - liked it, loved it and switched it off half way through.
It's slow and requires you to focus in on it and 'feel' it, which I couldn't do when watching it with pals and chatting at the same time.
The cinematography is, in my opinion, worthy of all the awards it received - but that was largely lost when I watched it on a 14' telly.
So, it you've got a decent screen and a quiet focused setting, and you like a bit of passionate romance - get this title out, you may well be richly rewarded.
But if you're in an action, thriller or comedy movie mood, avoid this one - light entertainment it's not!
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