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Set in North Africa and Italy during the late 1930''s and early ''40''s, The English Patient is an epic drama of two haunting love stories that unfolds against a background of international upheaval. Through the prism of war, and of love and friendship, various themes -- of fidelity, adultery, nationality and betrayals -- are dramatized and explored. The story, based on Michael Ondaatje''s Booker Prize-winning novel, is told elliptically, through the histories of four characters who find themselves in a ruined monastery in Italy at the end of World War II. Slowly they reveal themselves and, in the process, the true identity of the English patient -- the unknown survivor of a plane shot down over the Sahara who lies dying in the monastery -- is made clear. Passion fires these stories, whether it is the raw passion between lovers, or the compulsive passion which drives men to explore remote and inhospitable regions, or to pursue across time and countries those they think have wronged them.

Production
Miramax Films (presents); Tiger Moth Productions(copyright owners);

Cast Names
Ralph Fiennes; Juliette Binoche; Willem Dafoe; Kristin Scott Thomas; Naveen Andrews; Colin Firth; Julian Wadham; Jürgen Prochnow; Kevin Whately; Clive Merrison; Nino Castelnuovo; Hichem Rostom; Peter Rühring; Geordie Johnson; Torri Higginson; Liisa Repo-Martell; Raymond Coulthard; Philip Whitchurch; Lee Ross; Anthony Smee; Matthew Ferguson; Jason Done; Roger Morlidge; Simon Sherlock; Sebastian Schipper; Fritz Eggert; Sonia Mankaï; Rim Turkhi; Sebastian Rudolph; Thoraya Sehill; Sondos Belhassen; Dominic Mafham; Gregor Truter; Salah Miled; Abdellatif Hamrouni; Samy Azaiez; Habib Chetoui; Philippa Day; Amanda Walker; Paul Kant;

Box Office
USD 78,651,430

Release Date
1996-11-06 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
1996-11-12 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
1996-11-15

Genres
Romance; Drama; War;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for sexuality, some violence and language.

Running Time
2 hr. 42 min.

Director
Anthony Minghella

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