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Release Date
Feb 5, 1988 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 17, 2002
• R2: 30 Jun 2003
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
2 hours, 51 minutes
Country USA
Studio Orion, Saul Zaentz Co.
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Other Titles
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Die Unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Erotic, Love Triangle, Doctor, Suspense, Love, Infidelity, Political, Gay/Lesbian, Marriage
Tagline: A Lovers Story.
Plot: THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING is a sensual and sensitive adaptation of Milan Kundera's tragicomic existentialist novel that follows the story of Thomas (Daniel Day Lewis), a womanizing Czech doctor in 1968 Prague, prior to the Soviet invasion, whose sexual appetite is never fully satisfied. Thomas believes in keeping sexual gratification separate from love and finds true understanding and erotic bliss with Sabina (Lena Olin), a seductive and elusive artist. However, Thomas's understanding of love and commitment is challenged when he meets Tereza (Juliette Binoche), a sexually naive and innocent young woman who captures Thomas's fancy on an out-of-town business trip. When Tereza appears on his Prague doorstep, Thomas lets down his guard and allows the young woman to stay with him, breaking all his rules regarding the dangers of seductive entanglement. Despite his numerous affairs, Thomas falls deeply in love with Tereza, and they eventually marry. Sabina accepts Thomas's marriage to Tereza, but Tereza cannot accept Thomas's many lovers and is deeply hurt by her sly husband. Tereza's own sexual awakening and creative spirit is at the core of the film, as she is undeniably captivating to both Thomas and Sabina, who becomes her friend and artistic mentor. The three become
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York, The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father |
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 | Lena Olin
Chocolat, The Ninth Gate, Mystery Men |
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 | Derek de Lint
Three Men and a Baby, When a Stranger Calls, Soldier of Orange | | Pavel Landovský
The Black Barons, An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World, Amerika | |
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