The English Patient (1996 Anthony Minghella & scr)

A circular telling of Michael Ondaatje's novel (it ends just before the beginning) - a sincere, intelligent, artistic film.

Juliette Binoche is wonderful as always, Ralph Fiennes good in glowering mode when not in make-up, Kristen Scott Thomas. With Colin Firth, Willem Defoe, Naveen Andrews (then in drink and drugs phase - not that you'd know), Julian Wadham, Kevin Whatley.

Quite rightly won BAFTA and Oscar

I loved Walter Murch's edit of Kristen Scott Thomas's fingers on the jeep window dissolving into Ralph Fiennes' scarred face.

And of course John Seale's exquisite photography (he also operated).

Gabriel Yared wrote good music, production design by Stuart Craig, Remi Adefarasin heads second unit camerawork. It was showered with awards.