The English Patient

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 The English Patient 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.

The English Patient was released in 1996 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 162 minutes.