The film "The British Patient" is adapted from the award-winning novel of the same name by Michael Ondajie, a famous writer living in Toronto, Canada. The story told in the novel is a love tragedy that spans time and space with war and desert as the background. The film cost 27 million US dollars. 200 people from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Tunisia and the United Nations participated in the production of the film. The film was shot in the Sahara Desert in Nice, and the picture is comparable to "Lawrence of Arabia".
The leading actor is played by British actor Ralph Fiennes, who has risen to international celebrity by appearing in business cards such as "Schindler's List" and "The British Patient". The actor who plays the female protagonist Catherine is also from the United Kingdom and is played by British actress Christine Scott Thomas. She has starred in "Bitter Moon", "Angels and Insects", "Unfulfilled Mission" and "Four "Wedding and a Funeral" and other films. The supporting actress Hana is played by French movie star Juliet Binoche.
