The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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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Drama, Romance
1988
171 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Duration : 171 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Milan Kundera (novel), Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay), Philip Kaufman (screenplay)
- Directors : Philip Kaufman min
- Imdb : 7.4 (25133 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (19009 votes)
- Actors : Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
Movie Storyline
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.