The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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Plot.
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
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Release DateFebruary 5, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 51m
Content RatingR
Budget$17,000,000
Box Office$10,000,000
Filming LocationsParis · place Saint-Jean · Cour des Voraces · Hôtel de Beauvais · Gare de Senlis · montée du Chemin-Neuf · rue Juiverie · Lyon, France · San Francisco, United States of America · Geneva, Switzerland · Czech Republic
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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. The film portrays Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the Prague Spring, and the effect on the main characters of the communist repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
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