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The English Patient

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The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama directed by Anthony Minghella, adapted from Michael Ondaatje's 1992 novel. Told through the flashbacks of a severely burned patient cared for by a nurse in postwar Italy, it centers on a love affair between a Hungarian cartographer and a married Englishwoman set against the Sahara desert and the Second World War. The film won nine Oscars at the 69th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Minghella.

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1992 1
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September 1992
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The English Patient (film) (Wikipedia)
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    The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz.
  • Created By: Anthony Minghella, Article lead sentence
    The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz.
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