BFF25: British Brilliance - The English Patient (1996)

Winner of nine Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, the sweeping expanses of the Sahara are the setting for a passionate love affair in this epic adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel.

Near the tail-end of World War II, a badly burned plane crash victim, Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery.

His past is revealed through flashbacks involving a married Englishwoman (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his work mapping the African landscape. He recalls tales of adventure, political intrigue, and an involvement in a fateful love affair, and Hana learns to heal her own scars as she helps him.

WINNER x9 – Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Music – Original Dramatic Score, Best Sound, Academy Awards® 1997

WINNER x6 - Best Film, Best Screenplay – Adapted, Best Supporting Actress, Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, BAFTA Awards 1997

WINNER - Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Original Score - Motion Picture, Golden Globes 1997