The English Patient

The English Patient

In love, there are no boundaries.

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Release Date

11/14/1996

Runtime

162 mins

Overview

In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$27,000,000

Revenue

$231,976,425

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A sweeping, achingly romantic epic told through fragmented memory and desert landscapes, where passion and allegiance are fatally at odds. The film unfolds as a patient reconstructs a shattered past, moving between tenderness and tragedy.

Mood

RomanticMelancholicBittersweetWistful

Themes

LoveBetrayalIdentityMemoryWar

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyWidescreen epicDesaturated

Structure

Framed flashback

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Sexual content

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