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The Unbearable Lightness of Being( 1988)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Daniel Day-Lewis

      Tomas

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      Juliette Binoche

      Tereza

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      Lena Olin

      Sabina

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      Derek de Lint

      Franz

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      Stellan Skarsgård

      The Engineer

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      Erland Josephson

      The Ambassador

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      Pavel Landovský

      Pavel

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      Donald Moffat

      Chief Surgeon

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      Daniel Olbrychski

      Interior Ministry Official

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      Tomasz Borkowy

      Jiri

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      Bruce Myers

      Czech Editor

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      Pavel Slabý

      Pavel's Nephew

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      Pascale Kalensky

      Nurse Katja

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      Jacques Ciron

      Swiss Restaurant Manager

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      Anne Lonnberg

      Swiss Photographer

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      László Szabó

      Russian Interrogator

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      Vladimír Valenta

      Mayor

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      Clovis Cornillac

      Boy in Bar

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      Consuelo De Haviland

      Tall Brunette

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      Leon Lissek

      Bold Man in Bar

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      Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier

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      Judith Atwell

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      Claudine Berg

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      Jean-Claude Bouillon

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      Miroslaw Beuer

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      Niven Busch

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      Margot Capelier

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      Victor Chelkoff

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      Monica Constandache

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      Jean-Claude Dauphin

      Swiss editor

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      Dominique De Moncutt

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      Bernard Lepinaux

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      Josiane Lévêque

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      Peter Majer

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      Charles Millot

      Lecturer in Geneva

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      Gérard Moulévrier

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      Jan Němec

      Cameraman filming the tanks in Prague

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      Charly Oleg

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      Sylvie Plantard

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      Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff

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      Christine Potter

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      Hana Maria Pravda

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      Romano

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      André Sanfratello

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      Jiří Stanislav

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      Milos Szoboda

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      Helenka Vernier

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      Marrian Walters

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      Serge Delanoue

      Danseur (uncredited)

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      Philip Kaufman

      Man walking on street outside Sabina's flat (uncredited)

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      Isabelle Noérie

      Student (uncredited)

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    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

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    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Tue Jan 23 2024
    **The Unbearable lightness of Sex.** When the recently deceased Milan Kundera published “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” he probably knew that the book would be both loved and hated. Based on the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche, it outlines a story full of eroticism between four characters amid the turmoil resulting from the Prague Spring in 1968, and the “years of lead” that followed. What this film did was adapt the novel to the cinema, with some changes and focusing attention on the two central characters. I read the book many years ago and didn't like it. In the book, the autho...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    17000000.00

    Revenue

    10000000.00

    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