Il paziente inglese

Here's a film that asks: can a flashback save a three-hour movie? Badly burned in a plane crash, a mysterious man recounts a torrid affair in North Africa. It's a film that wants to be about forbidden passions, but mostly proved that beige is a color.

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Anthony Minghella directed Il paziente inglese in 1996. See Anthony Minghella's full filmography, where to start with Anthony Minghella, or where to go after you've seen everything by Anthony Minghella.

Il paziente inglese was released in 1996 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 162 minutes.