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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) 7.3
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives. Director:Philip Kaufman |
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Cast
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| Lena Olin | ... | ||
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Franz
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Pavel Landovský | ... |
Pavel
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Chief Surgeon
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Interior Ministry Official
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The Engineer
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Tomasz Borkowy | ... |
Jiri
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Bruce Myers | ... |
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Pavel Slabý | ... |
Pavel's Nephew
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Pascale Kalensky | ... |
Nurse Katja
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Jacques Ciron | ... |
Swiss Restaurant Manager
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Anne Lonnberg | ... |
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Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. Written by Dan Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com>
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A Lovers Story.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 February 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La insoportable levedad del ser See more »Box Office
Budget:
$17,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$10,006,806 (USA)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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First Title Card: In Prague, in 1968, there lived a young doctor named Tomas...
Tomas: Take off your clothes.
[line recurs several times during film]
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Jean-Claude Carrière's original script deviated drastically from the final film version. Philip Kaufman feared it was too "arty" for a commercial audience. Milan Kundera read Carrière's original script after seeing the film and said, "That's how it should be done." See more »Goofs
DX-coded film was not invented until the 1980s. See more »Quotes
[first lines]First Title Card: In Prague, in 1968, there lived a young doctor named Tomas...
Tomas: Take off your clothes.
[line recurs several times during film]
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Well acted and well directed. An uninhibited examination of lust vs. love, and the comfort of monogamy vs. the prison of possessiveness without over-dramatization or false emotion. Kaufman's depiction is faithful to Kundera's work, even if some depth is lost, as is inevitable in any film adaptation of a novel.