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Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001): Film vs Book
Film · 2001 · Directed by John Madden · Starring Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz
About the film
A love story on a Greek island during the Second World War.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe film simplifies the novel's many threads and its comic narrator.
Read or watch first?
The book is playful, sweeping and full of voices.
What the book gives you
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
A warm, vivid story of love, music and war that carries you across the years.
Who will like it: Readers who love sweeping love stories set on a Greek island.