From the novel by Michael Ondaatje

Anthony Minghella’s screenplay is a gripping adaptation of Michael Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning story of love, betrayal and loss set against a background of war, spies and intrigue.

Here is a work of art to break your heart (Time); The current movie versions of books are well-meaning, but none comes close to The English Patient in their ability to turn literary prose into cinematic gems (New York Times)