Italy
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Then, where did the English patient take place?
Italy
Subsequently, question is, where was The English Patient filmed in Italy? Val d'Orcia
Similarly one may ask, when was The English Patient set?
The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
Is English Patient a true story?
The Gay 'English Patient' The True Story of Desert Explorer Laszlo Almasy. During World War II, desert explorer Laszlo Almasy smuggled Nazi agents through the Sahara on an epic journey behind enemy lines. Now the true story of the man depicted in "The English Patient," is coming to light.
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What is the story of The English Patient?
The sweeping expanses of the Sahara are the setting for a passionate love affair in this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel. A badly burned man, Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes), is tended to by a nurse, Hana (Juliette Binoche), in an Italian monastery near the end of World War II. His past is revealed through flashbacks involving a married Englishwoman (Kristin Scott Thomas) and his work mapping the African landscape. Hana learns to heal her own scars as she helps the dying man.
Who wrote English Patient?
Michael Ondaatje
Who played Kip in The English Patient?
Naveen Andrews
Did the English Patient win an Oscar?
''The English Patient'' won the first of its awards for the best achievement in art direction, with Oscars for Stuart Craig for art direction and to Stephenie McMillan for set decoration.How long is the English Patient movie?
2h 42m
Where is Michael Ondaatje from?
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Which novel of Michael Ondaatje was made into an acclaimed film?
His first novel, Coming Through Slaughter (1976), is a fictional portrait of jazz musician Buddy Bolden. The English Patient (1992), set in Italy at the end of the Second World War, was joint winner of the Booker Prize for Fiction and was made into an Academy Award-winning film in 1996. 
