The English Patient Madhumalati Adhikari has critiqued the treatment of World War II and its effects on the characters of the novel. The novel won the 1992 Booker Prize, athe 1992 Governor General's Award, and the 2018 Golden Man Booker award. The book was adapted into a 1996 film by Anthony Minghella, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth, and Juliette Binoche. The film received nine Academy Awards—including Best Picture and Director—at the 69th Academy Awards. The English Patient The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian
Ralph Fiennes Fiennes' brother, Joseph, in "Shakespeare in Love" in 1998. In 2013 Fiennes was both the director and the leading actor (in the role of Charles Dickens) in the well-received film "The Invisible Woman" (2013). Though he is not noted as a comic actor, in 2014 Fiennes made an impression for his farcical turn as concierge Monsieur Gustave in "The Grand Budapest Hotel." Fiennes used his time as a young porter at London’s Brown's Hotel to help construct the character. A film critic stated, "In the end it's Fiennes who makes the biggest impression. His stylized, rapid-fire delivery, dry wit and