the English Patient ( The English Patient ) is an American film of Anthony Minghella inspired by the novel the Man flambe of Michael Ondaatje, left in 1996.
Synopsis
Into full Second world war, a man, travelling with a woman, is saved flames of its plane crashé by nomads of the the Sahara. Given to Combined and seriously flaring, it is unable to remember its identity and is registered under the name of “English patient”. To each displacement of the Canadian medical regiment which looks after it, this patient follows. Arrived in Tuscan in 1944, one of the nurses, Hana, does not support any more to see friends dying and obtains from his superior the right to settle in a monastery given up to deal with the last days of the English patient.Hana and its patient are joined by Caravaggio which affirms to deal with the relations between the Allies and resistant Italian and by two bomb disposal experts carried out by the lieutenant sikh Kip Singh. Each protagonist seeks to exorcize the phantoms created by the war. During the readings of Hérodote and the discussions with Caravaggio, the unknown reminds its life of before the war (in the form of '' flashbacks ).
He is the count László Almásy, an aviator with the service of archaeological forwardings in the desert of Libya, in which he takes part in the sides of British, in the years 1930. Until the day when the team is joined by the Clifton couple.
Comments
The count László Almásy existed and it is one of the discoverers of the oasis of Zerzura to the beginning of the year 1930. However, the chronology of these events, its connection with Katharine and its consequences concern the fiction necessary to film.
Data sheet
- original Title: The English Patient
- French-speaking Title: the English Patient
- American Film
- Language of turning: English
- Realizer: Anthony Minghella
- Scenario: Anthony Minghella according to the novel the Man flambe ( The English Patient ) of Michael Ondaatje
- Production: Saul Zaentz for Miramax
- Music: Gabriel Yared
- Lasted: 2:40
Exits:
Distribution
Characters appearing mainly pre-war period:- Ralph Fiennes : Almásy
- Willem Dafoe : Caravaggio
- Kristin Scott Thomas: Katharine Clifton
- Colin Firth: Geoffrey Clifton, husband of Katharine
- Jürgen Prochnow: major Müller of the German army
Characters intervening mainly in the chronology of 1943 to 1945:
- Juliette Binoche: Hana, the Canadian military nurse
- Naveen Andrews: Kip Singh, bomb disposal expert
- Torri Higginson lieutenent: Mary, another military nurse
- Kevin Whately: Hardy sergeant, subordinated of Singh
Rewards
- Oscar of the best film in 1996, like:
- Oscar of the best actress in a supporting role for Juliette Binoche,
- Oscar of the best realizer,
- Oscar of the best sound,
- Oscar of the best original music,
- Oscar of best photography,
- Oscar of the best Artistic director,
- Oscar of the best costumes,
- Oscar of the best assembly.
- BAFTA of the best film.
- Nomination with the Césars 1998 for the best foreign film.
See too
- '' the English Patient '' on Internet Movie Database.
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