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The English Patient   1996         R, 162 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: Anthony Minghella   Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews, Colin Firth, Julian Wadham, Jurgen Prochnow, Clive Merrison, Kevin Whately, Nino Castelnuovo, Hichem Rostom, Peter Ruhring, Torri Higginson, Geordie Johnson   Based on Michael Ondaatje's novel, this is the story of the changing of Count Laszlo de Almasy's (Ralph Fiennes) life by aristocrat Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in 1938. Now, in 1944, following his World War II plane crash, the count, nursed by Canadian Hana (Juliette Binoche), remembers events leading to the accident in which he was badly burned. The movie won an impressive nine Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Binoche). Cast Ralph Fiennes Count Laszlo de Almasy Kristin Scott-Thomas Katharine Clifton Juliette Binoche Hana Willem Dafoe David Caravaggio Naveen Andrews Kip Colin Firth Geoffrey Clifton Julian Wadham Madox Jurgen Prochnow Major Muller Clive Merrison Fenelon-Barnes Kevin Whately Hardy Nino Castelnuovo D`Agostino Hichem Rostom Fouad Peter Ruhring Bermann Torri Higginson Mary Geordie Johnson Oliver

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