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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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