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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

A lovers’ story.

6.845 average rating
★★★★★
6.845
Czech / 171 MIN. / 1988

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Daniel Day-LewisJuliette BinocheLena OlinDerek de LintStellan SkarsgårdErland JosephsonPavel LandovskýDonald MoffatDaniel OlbrychskiTomasz BorkowyBruce MyersPavel SlabýPascale KalenskyJacques CironAnne LonnbergSzabó LászlóVladimír ValentaClovis CornillacConsuelo De HavilandLeon LissekJacqueline Abraham-VernierJudith AtwellClaudine BergJean-Claude BouillonMiroslaw BeuerNiven BuschMargot CapelierVictor ChelkoffMonica ConstandacheJean-Claude DauphinDominique De MoncuttBernard LepinauxJosiane LévêquePeter MajerCharles MillotGérard MoulévrierJan NěmecCharly OlegSylvie PlantardOlga Baïdar-PoliakoffChristine PotterHana Maria PravdaRomanoAndré SanfratelloJiří StanislavMilos SzobodaHelenka VernierMarrian WaltersSerge DelanouePhilip KaufmanIsabelle Noérie

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