A great Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (23 September 2001)

I just can't say how incredible this movie is. This is one of the favorite movies I've ever seen. This movie won 9 academy awards, which are really well-deserved. I never thought it was going to be so incredible. When I watched it. I thought it was going to be boring or just lacking of interest, but not. I wasn't right. The performances in this movie were excellent. Hanna (Juliette Binoche) an academy award winner for best supporting actress. She was great as a nurse who took care of a very ill patient, in this case "The English Patient, Almasy" (Ralph Fiennes) who got an academy award for best actor in a leading role. I will always remind of the English patient Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) telling about his life and about his love after the first and second world war. The scenery was stunning as well. the desert in which the story took place was wonderful, the photography was flashy as well as the costumes. Katherine (Kristin Scott Thomas) an actress nominee for best leading actress in this movie, was great as well. She truly acted very well as Almasy's love and Axon´s wife. It wasn't based on a true story. However it really made me think of it as true, since the first and the second war actually happened. The most impressive part was as a person cut Caravaggio's thumbs off because he thought he was a spy person at that time. Another impressive part was as Katherine's husband died in a plane accident in which they were both in. Axon (Katherine's husband) flew up in anger because he found out about Katherine being in love with his best friend (The English patient. Lamasy). The plane crashed because of his wrath. When Lamasy saw Katherine very harmed. He left her in a cave and promised her to call doctors to heal her as soon as possible. He walked through the desert for three days without drinking anything. He finally calls the doctors with a lot of difficulty because some police thought he was german. But as he gets back to the cave where Katherine is. He realizes that she is dead. The English patient it means Lamasy reminds of it and also reminds of the accident he had with Katherine after taking her in a plane. Unfortunately the plane crashed too and Almasy burned his face and got very hurt. He remembers it with a lot of pain. He tells the nurse (juliete Binoche) about everything and finally past away. Hanna left for Florence to live with Caravaggio where she expects to be happy and meet her love again. it's really worthwhile. Don't miss it at all.