The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 165 min

genre: drama

theme: romantic drama

director: Philip Kaufman

Score: 6 / 10

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American romantic drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name 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 effect on the main characters of the communist repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Plot

Tomas, a successful brain surgeon in communist Czechoslovakia, is pursuing an affair with equally carefree Sabina, an artist in Prague. Tomas takes a trip to a spa town to conduct a specialized surgery. There he encounters dissatisfied waitress Tereza, who desires intellectual stimulation. She later tracks him down in Prague and moves in with him, complicating Tomas's affairs.

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author	Jean-Claude Carrière Milan Kundera Philip Kaufman
award	BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film
contentLocation	Geneva Prague Switzerland
director	Philip Kaufman
editor	Walter Murch
genre	drama political
keywords	anti-communism anti-communist blacklist bohemian bohemianism brain surgeon city life claim communist czechoslovakia country road czechoslovak socialist republic detach drive follow hear laugh love affair married prague spring secret agent soviet army spa town spring west window washer
musicBy	Leoš Janáček Mark Adler
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
producer	Bertil Ohlsson Paul Zaentz Saul Zaentz
productionCompany	The Saul Zaentz Company
publisher	Orion Pictures
recordedAt	Cour des Voraces Czech Republic Gare de Senlis Geneva Hôtel de Beauvais Lyon montée du Chemin-Neuf Paris place Saint-Jean rue Juiverie San Francisco
theme	romantic drama