The English Patient (film) Best Supporting Actress for Juliette Binoche. Ralph Fiennes, playing the titular character, and Kristin Scott Thomas were Oscar-nominated for their performances. The film also won five BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globes. The British Film Institute ranked "The English Patient" the 55th greatest British film of the 20th century. In the final days of the Italian Campaign of World War II, Hana, a French-Canadian nurse of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, obtains permission from her unit to move into a bombed-out Italian monastery, to look after a dying, critically burned man who speaks English but cannot remember his name.
Anthony Minghella had one daughter, Hannah, who worked as a production assistant on "The Talented Mr. Ripley", and was President of Sony Pictures Animation for a time before being named President of Production of Columbia Pictures. Minghella and his first wife eventually divorced. In 1985, Minghella married Hong Kong–born choreographer and dancer Carolyn Jane Choa. They had one son, Max, who is an actor. Minghella's younger brother, Dominic Minghella, is the creator of the popular British television series "Robin Hood" and "Doc Martin", and a scriptwriter. His sister Loretta is Director of Christian Aid, his sister Edana participated in a jazz event