The English Patient

An award wining romantic epic based on Michael Ondaatje 1992 bestseller. The story takes place in an abandoned monastery in Tuscany, Italy, close to the end of WWII. Hanna, a young Canadian nurse dedicates herself to the care of a badly burned unknown “English patient”, survivor of a plane crash at North African desert. His only possessions are an annotated diary and old photographs. Reading out to him extracts from his diary, Hanna, occasionally encounters references related to a woman called “K”. The patient who revealed himself as a Hungarian Count, relates to her that “K” in fact stands for “Katherine”, a married British woman he met in Egypt short while before the war broke, and unfolds before her their tragic love. The film won 9 Academy Awards in the following categories for best film, director, supporting actress, cinema photography, film editing, original music, costume design, production design and sound.