Juliette Binoche The film was a critical and commercial failure. "Three Colors: Blue", "The Horseman on the Roof" and "A Couch in New York" all gave Binoche the opportunity to work with prestigious directors she had turned down during the prolonged shoot of "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf". Her next role, in "The English Patient" reinforced her position as an international movie star. The film, based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje and directed by Anthony Minghella, was a worldwide hit. Produced by Saul Zaentz, producer of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", the film reunited Juliette Binoche with Ralph Fiennes, Heathcliff to her
Ralph Fiennes is also a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism. Fiennes met English actress Alex Kingston while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After dating for ten years, they married in 1993 and divorced in 1997 following his affair with Francesca Annis. Annis and Fiennes announced their separation on 7 February 2006, after 11 years together, in a parting described as "acrimonious", following rumours that he had an affair with the Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan. On 7 September 2017, Fiennes was granted Serbian citizenship. The decision was signed by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić.