The English Patient review

          After being nominated for 12 Oscars it won 9 and I suppose it deserved some
    of the acclaim that it received. The story is adapted from Michael Ondaatje's novel
    and is about a Hungarian Count, Laszlo Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) who has been badly
    disfigured by fire and now temporarily resides in a Tuscan monastery where Hana
    the nurse (Juliette Binoche) looks after him as the second world war continues all
    around them. Here he reflects on the pre-war affair that he had with the wife of one
    of his comrades (Kristin Scott Thomas) with the story constantly changing between
    the two times as the film progresses. A thouroughly enjoyable film.


      What it won :
                            Best Picture
                            Best Director
                            Best supporting Actress - Juliette Binoche
                            Best Score - Gabriel Yared
                            Best Cinematography - John Seale
                            Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Stuart Craig
                                                                               Stephanie McMillan
                            Best Costume Design - Ann Roth
                            Best Film Editing - Walter Murch
                            Best Sound - Mark Berger, Walter Murch,
                                               Christopher Newman, David Parker

      What it didn't win.
      nominated for :
                           Best Actor - Ralph Fiennes
                           Best Actress - Kristin Scott Thomas
                           Best Writing, Screenplay based on material from another medium
                                                                                          - Anthony Minghella