- Though set largely in Cairo and the Sahara, the film gives no Arab woman a name or a line; women appear as veiled figures in market backgrounds while every romance and rivalry belongs to Europeans passing through. The Bedouin who pull Almásy from the wreck are likewise nameless functionaries - healers and guides in service of the Western story.
The English Patient (1996)
film · 1996 film directed by Anthony Minghella
- Director
- Anthony Minghella
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Languages
- English, Arabic, German, Italian
- Distributors
- Miramax, Fandango
- Runtime
- 162 min
- Genres
- romance film, war film, drama film, flashback film
- Cast
- Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas