The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
05/02/1988
Drama, Romance
2h 51m
- 69% (469 votes)
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A lovers’ story.
Overview
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.
- Philip KaufmanDirector, Screenplay
- Jean-Claude CarrièreScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$17,000,000
Revenue
$10,000,000
Keywords
- infidelity
- waitress
- based on novel or book
- free love
- photographer
- loyalty
- lover
- soviet union
- soviet military
- surgeon
- prague, czech republic
- partnership
- warsaw pact
- communism
- 1960s
Top Billed Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis
Tomas
Juliette Binoche
Tereza
Lena Olin
Sabina
Derek de Lint
Franz
Stellan Skarsgård
The Engineer
Erland Josephson
The Ambassador
Pavel Landovský
Pavel
Donald Moffat
Chief Surgeon
Daniel Olbrychski
Interior Ministry Official
Tomasz Borkowy
Jiri
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