The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A lovers’ story.
19882h 51mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Romance
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 5, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures,The Saul Zaentz Company
- Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis,Juliette Binoche,Lena Olin,Derek de Lint,Stellan Skarsgård,Erland Josephson,Pavel Landovský,Donald Moffat,Daniel Olbrychski,Tomasz Borkowyand 41 more
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Producer
- Bertil Ohlsson,Saul Zaentz
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Music
- Mark Adler
- Budget
- $17,000,000
- Revenue
- $10,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0096332