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 Half-Blood Prince", and both "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" and "Part 2". Fiennes' 2006 performance in the play "Faith Healer" gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award. In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London. In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire in the film "The Duchess"; he also played the protagonist in "The Reader," adapted from the novel of the same name. In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film