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Certificate 15

Cast Nicolas Cage John Hurt Christian Bale David Morrissey Irene Papas Penelope Cruz

Directors John Madden

Screenwriters Shawn Slovo

Running Time 130 minutes

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Adaptation of Louis De Berniere's hit novel, with Nic Cage and Penelope Cruz

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Plot
Cephallonia, 1941. Bright village beauty Pelagia (Cruz) is betrothed to simple, boyish Mandras (Bale), who has gone off to fight in Albania. As the Italians invade the island, Pelagia is drawn to the charming, musical, life-embracing 'enemy', Captain Corelli (Cage). But their love seems impossible when the Greek partisans (including Mandras) organise resistance and the Germans brutally take control of their paradise.

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