The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  • Director: Philip Kaufman
  • Writer: Milan Kundera,Jean-Claude Carrière,Philip Kaufman
  • Countries of origin: Sweden, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 5, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins
  • "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is a romance film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche . It was released in the United States on February 5, 1988.
    The film is adapted from the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" edited by Milan Kundera. It tells the intricate love entanglement between the romantic brain surgeon Thomas and the waitress Tereza and the painter Sabina   . In 1989, the film was nominated for Best Picture at the 46th American Golden Globe Awards   .

    Details

    • Release date February 5, 1988
    • Filming locations Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production companies The Saul Zaentz Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $17,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $10,006,806

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $202,189

    Gross worldwide

    $10,006,806

    Movie reviews

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    • By Daniella 2022-06-20 17:02:03

      The Unbearable Lightness of Being--Lightness in Life

      Reading Kundera's novels has never felt as comfortable. How well a novel is written has little to do with whether it is comforting. But this movie makes me comfortable. It is also the unbearable lightness in life, but even death, in the film, at the end of life, still reveals a lightness that is completely different from the novel.

      This fits my...

    • By Lillian 2022-04-23 07:03:28

      light and heavy

      Literary films are not easy to understand, there are too many images and metaphors, and some details are incomprehensible. Compared with the history of the Anti-Japanese War in China and the Nazi massacres in Europe, it doesn't resonate with me. When I saw the Soviet tanks drive into Prague, I went to understand the historical background and always reminded myself to feel the country of the characters in the play. The pain and helplessness of being occupied, but I can't do it. Compared with...

    • By Florence 2022-04-23 07:03:28

      white dream

      Thomas and Tereza were on their way from the tavern back to the village, just before they died in the car accident, Tereza kissed Thomas' ear who was driving, and murmured, "What are you thinking? "I'm thinking.. how happy I am." Thomas's These words were very light and light, as warm as the first gleam in the early morning. Finally, the camera moves back to the passing trees in front of them, gradually becoming filled with white light.


      This is the end of Love in Prague. This is...

    • By Angel 2022-04-23 07:03:28

      1968 Soviet invasion of Czech Republic

      Rare films are higher than novels.
      The novel is really not very clear, the movie is much clearer.
      The problem is, in fact, the connection between this film and the historical background is not particularly great. The key is to discuss the relationship between people and the relationship between lovers.
      About what is important in life. Who can say it clearly?

      The capital of the Czech Republic is Prague, a central European country

      because the Czech Republic and...

    • By Crystal 2022-04-23 07:03:28

      The same story, another narrative.

      The things conveyed in the novel are not self-evident by describing the plot. But the movie seems to tell the story in a different tone, and they silently conveyed each other's friendship and their own personalities in their eyes and decisions.
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      He said, I don't want to spend the night with a woman. However, later he not only took in a woman, but also gave up his life one by one in order to follow her, and still felt happy.
      In the narrative of the film, we can even feel Thomas'...

    User comments

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    • By Corene 2023-09-20 03:00:03

      I guess it's because I haven't read the original book. I really understand the feelings of the male protagonist. I can't like Sabina...

    • By Carli 2023-09-01 12:47:15

      I love Thomas, I love Sabina, I love Teresa. From waiters to photographers to waiters, famous doctors to cleaners to farmers, it doesn't matter at all, they know what is light and what is heavy, and they are born for the heart. Then the whole thing was calm, calm, calm, calm,...

    • By Merl 2023-06-29 17:12:02

      When we face life, should we choose light or heavy? I read a few Kundera works in my freshman year, but unfortunately I didn't fully understand it at the time. I searched for this movie for Daniel, so I was surprised. We face this choice, and such a topic itself is too...

    • By Lorna 2023-06-19 20:37:37

      After watching the movie, I feel that there is no need to read Kundera's original book, because this movie is discussing a very frivolous issue. Does your cheating mean that I can cheat too. However, the three leading actors still acted responsibly in broken English for three...

    • By Elissa 2023-06-10 20:52:09

      Unbearable lightness in life. Men are not satisfied with a woman, and there is always a woman who is determined to compromise and accommodate this man, why...

    Movie Highlights

    In the film, Sabina lived in a house in the United States during the last period of her life. In fact, the owner of this house was the editor of the film, Walter Maqiu.
    In the "Prague Spring", the film used Czech director Jan Nimek's material footage. In addition, the film also used photographic material of Man Ray and Bill Brandi.
    The film was originally planned to be filmed on location in Yugoslavia, but because the military was...
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    Evaluation action

    "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is a masterpiece of art. The director Philip Kaufman uses a film to show the audience the opposition and unity of spirit and flesh, as well as the transposition and loss of lightness and weight. The film is a relatively successful work showing the theme of the original work. It not only grasps the essence of the novel, but also expounds the theme of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Life" in a...
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    Movie quotes

    • Tomas: You can sleep. Sleep in my arms. Like a baby bird. Like a broom among brooms... in a broom closet. Like a tiny parrot. Like a whistle. Like a little song. A song sung by a forest... within a forest... a thousand years ago.

    • Tereza: I know I'm supposed to help you, but I can't. Instead of being your support I'm your weight. Life is very heavy to me, but it is so light to you. I can't bear this lightness, this freedom... I'm not strong enough.

    • Tomas: Some people never change.Some people are always scoundrels.