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TITLE |
English Patient, The (1996) |
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DISABILITY |
Disfigurement Amputee Burns |
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DIRECTOR |
Minghella,
Anthony
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A difficult,
complex book turned into a film which has had |
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widely mixed
reactions: from Oscar winner to being called |
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The basis of
the story is a badly burned victim, Ralph |
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Fiennes,
after an air crash in the desert during WWII who |
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is being
cared for by a Canadian nurse, Juliette Binoche.
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also claims to have amnesia. |
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There are
flashbacks to a love affair with Kristin Scott |
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Having now
seen this film I've rated it top marks. Those who |
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liked for
example 'Sense and Sensibility' or 'The Remains of |
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the Day' I
think will like this film. Not a film specifically about |
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disability
but the nurse's relationship with the badly burned |
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flyer is
thought provoking. The acting is superlative and the |
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movement
between 1939 and 1944 is not only smooth but |
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expands our
interest and knowledge beyond the sum of the |
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different
parts. For those who enjoy the first ten minutes, two |
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hours and
forty minutes will not be too long. |
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Wilem
Dafoe's character has lost his thumbs after being |
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tortured.
One reviewer says that Fiennes' character has |
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amnesia but
this is not clear. |
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From the
novel by Michael Ondaatje. |
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Notes
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