Love can't be wrong, what's wrong is human desire

Justus 2021-10-22 14:34:06

The 1996 love war drama, adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous writer Michael Ondajie. The movie takes war and desert as the background and interprets a love tragedy that spans time and space.

During World War II, a British plane was shot down by the Germans while flying over the Sahara Desert. All the pilots on the plane were burned to the face. The locals rescued him and sent him to the Allied Field Hospital. Because of the injury, the pilot lost his memory and couldn't remember who he was, so he was only called the "British Patient".

Love can’t be wrong. What’s wrong is human desire. If I really love you, then I will allow you to do everything. This is also a transformation of my feelings. To be honest, the film is a bit boring.

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The English Patient quotes

  • Almásy: There is no God... but I hope someone looks after you.

    Madox: Just in case you're interested, it's called the suprasternal notch. Come and visit us in Dorset when all this nonsense is over.

    [Heads away but turns back]

    Madox: You'll never come to Dorset.

  • Almásy: What do you love?

    Katharine Clifton: What do I love?

    Almásy: Say everything.

    Katharine Clifton: Hm, let's see... Water. Fish in it. And hedgehogs; I love hedgehogs.

    Almásy: And what else?

    Katharine Clifton: Marmite - I'm addicted. And baths. But not with other people. Islands. Your handwriting. I could go on all day.

    Almásy: Go on all day.

    Katharine Clifton: My husband.

    Almásy: What do you hate most?

    Katharine Clifton: A lie. What do you hate most?

    Almásy: Ownership. Being owned. When you leave, you should forget me.

    [she adopts a look of disgust, pushes him gently away to get out of the tub, picks up her tattered dress and leaves]