My favorite movie

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2000)

The first time I saw TEP was in a cold winter day in Quebec, and when I left the theater I felf I wanted to cry. Yes, because during 2 and half hours I was very far away from that city and submerged in a beautiful world of passions, tragedies and love. The English Patient became my favorite movie ever, because it took me to places in time and space in a way no movie had before. Every character in this movie is complex and human, they mirror life and how some events can change our life forever. What I like most of these movie is how elegantly made it is, and how technically perfect is too. I've seen this movie a good 20 times,and every time I see it I discover new things in it, different motivations for it's characters new small hidden sounds to make a scene perfect. I can say that the relationship between The Count and Katherine is a very despicable one, they are selfish and impulsive, but again that's what we, the public like the most: Big passions, irresistibles ones. I love this movie too because it's a nostalgic trip,everybody here wants to go back to their formal self. Hanna,The Count, Caravaggio, Kip even Katherine, and sometimes in real life there's is this need to go back, to be how we were before. Besides, the music is one of the most inspiring ones i've ever heard in a film, blending beautifully with extremely perfect shots of the desert and of The Villa. The acting is subtle and controlled, just with small gestures Kristin S. Thomas commands the scenes she's in. Since this movie I want to see every movie with her. I recommend this movie to everybody who has ever wanted to go back in time so badly that it hurts. The perfect movie for the real romantics.