The Unbearable Lightness of Being Movie (1988)
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
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. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.
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. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.
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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. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 2:51 hours
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Director: Philip Kaufman
- Writer: Milan Kundera (novel), Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay), Philip Kaufman (screenplay)
- Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 11 nominations
- Production Company: Orion Home Video
- ASIN: B003YII3N6
- Year Released: 1988
- Release Date: Feb 4, 1988
- DVD Date: Feb 27, 2006
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