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A melancholy film...
The English Patient
About the novel...
"Promise me you'll come back for me."
"I promise. I'll come back for you. I promise, I'll never leave you."
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast:
Ralph Fiennes: Count Almasy
Kristin Scott Thomas: Katherine Clifton
Juliette Binoche: Hana
William Dafoe
Colin Firth: Geoffrey Clifton
Naveen Andrews: Kip

A story happend in North Africa, also duing the World War II.
An international mapping group, a war, a kindly nurse and her Indian lover. The film circles by a dying English patient, Almasy, who reminices bitterly about his stolen, illicit affair with Katherine. To contrast with it, there is another tentative romance happened in the other couple, Hana and bomb expert Kip. The lyric and complex story, enduring beautiful scene and touching music, make it an significant piece. The best movie of Academy Award (Oscar).