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Feb 5, 1988 · A 1988 drama romance film based on Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche. It follows a Czech doctor and his two lovers through the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion of 1968.
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- Drama, Romance
- Philip Kaufman
- 1988-02-05
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American romantic drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name by Milan Kundera. It was directed by Philip Kaufman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin.
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- Philip Kaufman
- R
- 16
Exploring sexual mores against the backdrop of real-life social upheaval, The Unbearable Lightness of Being artfully blends the political and the erotic. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Sep 15,...
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- Philip Kaufman
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
An intimate epic, The Unbearable Lightness of Being charts the frontiers of relationships with wit, emotion, and devastating honesty. Philip Kaufman achieves a delicate, erotic balance with his screen version of Milan Kundera’s “unfilmable” novel.
- Tomas
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Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship.