The English Patient Identity Quotes

This line at the very beginning of the movie both illustrates Almásy's shadowy identity, and foreshadows how important his nationality will be at the end of the movie, when he is trying to retrieve Katharine from the Cave of Swimmers.

Almásy makes an interesting point here, about the way people form alliances and friendships during war, apocalypse, zombie outbreak, etc. Bonding over where you are from is a quick way to form a bridge with another person.

It's interesting that Hana thinks David Caravaggio invented his name (it is a fishy name!) but she doesn't harbor any suspicion toward her patient, who has no name. Why does Hana have differing opinions on each man?