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
Loretta Minghella Loretta Minghella Loretta Caroline Rose Minghella, (born 4 March 1962) is a British charity executive and solicitor. Since November 2017, she has served as the First Church Estates Commissioner, one of the most senior lay people in the Church of England. From April 2010 to 2017, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid. Minghella was born on 4 March 1962 on the Isle of Wight, England, to Edoardo Minghella and Gloria Alberta Minghella. She was one of five children, a brother being director Anthony Minghella, whose son Max is an actor. Minghella was educated at Medina High School,