If you loved Sophie's Choice, try The English Patient

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Sophie's Choice

1982 · dir. Alan J. Pakula

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Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Romance / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to Sophie's Choice, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The English Patient is

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.

If you loved Sophie's Choice, try The English Patient

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The English Patient

What they share

What The English Patient is

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If you loved Sophie's Choice, try The English Patient

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What The English Patient is

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