The English Patient

1996 · 162 min · EN · R · 7.1 (2,491 votes)

Dir. Anthony Minghella · Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth · Music Gabriel Yared

“In love, there are no boundaries.”

DramaRomanceWar

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

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This is a grand, melancholic tapestry woven with forbidden passion and the haunting echoes of memory. Its sweeping desert vistas and intimate emotional landscapes evoke a profound sense of longing and loss, unfolding with a deliberate, reflective pace that immerses you in its tragic, beautiful world.

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