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The English Patient (1996)

Ceremony Year: 1997Category: Best DirectorReleased: 1996
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Anthony Minghella— Anthony Minghella
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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.

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