During the last two years of her life, Princess Diana embarks on a final rite of passage: a secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Naomi Watts, Cas Anvar, Charles Edwards, James Puddephatt
19 Sep 2013 (UK, France, Sweden, Belgium)
1 nomination.tt1758595 , London, Paparazzi, Royal Family, Lady Diana Spencer, Pakistani, Biography, Princess, Secret Love, IntThe film depicts the last two years of the princess’s life, beginning with events when Diana (Naomi Watts) divorces Charles, Prince of Wales. She falls in love with Pakistani Heart Surgeon, Dr Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews). The film depicts her historic tours of Angola, in her campaign against the use of land mines. Trips to causes in Australia, Pakistan, New York City, Bosnia, Italy and ultimately Paris, are also shown, with recreations of the fashions she wore in real life. Her desire for a life with Khan ends due to his wish for a private life and objections to her celebrity. The film depicts her dating of Egyptian Dodi Fayed as an attempt to make Khan jealous, but it ends with the car crash that killed Diana, Fayed and Fayed’s driver in the Pont Alma Tunnel, in Paris – however there is no re-enactment of the crash scene.erracial Relationship