The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

Directed by

Philip Kaufman

Genre

drama film, erotic film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 522 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a Czech surgeon and his relationships with two women during the Prague Spring era. Their romantic entanglements are set against the political turmoil of Soviet invasion and repression.

melancholicsensualslow-burnbittersweetintimatereflectivetensephilosophical

What happens

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American romantic drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel 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 characters' romantic lives amid the Soviet repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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