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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance /
Music
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Director:
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Philip Kaufman
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Actors:
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Donald Moffat,
Daniel Day-Lewis,
Daniel Olbrychski,
Bruce Myers,
Pavel Landovský,
Tomasz Borkowy,
Pavel Slaby,
Pascale Kalensky,
Anne Lonnberg,
Juliette Binoche,
Lena Olin,
Derek de Lint,
Erland Josephson,
Stellan Skarsgård,
Jacques Ciron
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Duration:
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171 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)243.5
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Plot Summary:
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Tomas is a surgeon, living in Prague. He has a corporal relationship with Sabina - but not an emotional one. They are exuberant with the situation. Then, Tomas meets a waitress in a station, but leaves. Eventually, she comes to see him in Prague. Will he go against his 'values' and throw off himself get emotionally involved ?
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Unbearable Lightness of Being, The
Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliet Binoche star in this adaptation of Milan Kundera's renowned novel
A lengthy, erotically charged adaptation of Milan Kundera's novel from writer-director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff)and co-scripted by veteran screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière (Belle De Jour, Le Retour De Martin Guerre).
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Tomas, a surgeon in 60s Prague. Effusive and sexually vigorous with lover Sabina (Olin), Tomas' life changes with the advent of two very different events. Visiting the country one day, he meets and falls genuinely in love with waitress Tereza (Binoche). Although he leaves her - to retain his principles of freedom, from attachment and committment - she comes to him in Prague. Eventually they ar...
Unbearable Lightness of Being, The
A long-winded, erotically charged fitting of Milan Kundera's novel from scribbler-director Philip Kaufman (The Tory Stuff)and co-scripted by veteran screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière (Belle De Jour, Le Retour De Martin Guerre). Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Tomas, a surgeon in 60s Prague. Fulsome and sexually vigorous with lover Sabina (Olin), Tomas' life changes with the advent of two altogether special events. Visiting the fatherland anyone time, he meets and falls genuinely in love with waitress Tereza (Binoche). Although he leaves her - to retain his principles of honesty, from friendliness and committment - she comes to him in Prague. Eventually they are married. The other key event in Tomas' life is, of course, the Russian intrusion...
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