description: Winner of nine Academy Awards and almost every critic's heart, The English Patient (based on Michael Ondaatje's prizewinning novel of love and loss during World War II) is one of the most acclaimed films of modern times. Hana, a nurse, (Juliette Binoche) tends to an archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) who has been burnt to a crisp in a plane crash. As their relationship intensifies, he flashes back to his overwhelming passion for a married woman (Kristin Scott Thomas). Meanwhile, Hana begins a new romance with a man who defuses bombs (Naveen Andrews) and Willem Dafoe almost steals the show as the thumbless thief Caravaggio. The intricately layered flashback narrative, sounding the depths of the lovers' hearts, improves with repeated viewings--especially with the sharp picture and digital sound of the digital video disc.
language: English
title: The English Patient
titlecomplete: The English Patient
characters: Gyges of Lydia, Geoffrey Clifton, Candaules of Lydia, Hana, Kip, David Caravaggio, Katharine Clifton, Ladislaus de Almásy
genres: Canada, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, War, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 129471
places: Florence, Tuscany, Cairo, Sahara Desert, Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy, Tuscany, North Africa
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Golden Man Booker Prize
publisher: Vintage