The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Clovis 2022-04-21 09:02:55

The movie is wonderful.
For nearly three hours, there was no narration to describe the background or psychology. The succinct dialogue was all about eyes, smiles, movements, wonderful photography, and music that fit so well.
What a nice view.

The movie started out as generally good. Various styles of that era were presented one by one. Many movies describing the time can find such a feeling, thick and beautiful, but not special.
From the events in Prague, cinema started to be impressive, or at least, could no longer be viewed as a genre film of a certain era.

What is the movie about? It's really just a story of a man and a woman.
He said there is love and there is sex.
She said life is so heavy to me but so light to you.

Then there is the background of the story, the upheaval brought about by aggression, and the truth and ugliness of people's hearts revealed by this. Everyone's actions in such an era and the values ​​they reflect make their love complicated. Confused again. Tomas, Teresa, Sabina, leave again and again, and then meet again, gradually let them understand what love is.

At the end of the story, Tomas began to gradually understand his wife's view of love, and felt extremely happy because of such a heavy burden. This ending doesn't look too bad. After all, it is end in happy.

I saw some film critics question the ending, because I haven't read the original book, I don't know whether Tomas really understands what love is in the end, or whether he has obtained the happiness he expected, but as far as the movie is concerned, I think, He is happy. And that was enough for him.

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being quotes

  • Tereza: [referring to her dog] Karenin prefers Mephisto to dogs. She thinks other dogs are silly.

    Tomas: [Mephisto snorts and Tomas inhales the aroma of the food] Ha-ha.

    Pavel: Do you know why I love Mephisto? Because he's very bright, but, at the same time,

    [gesturing for emphasis]

    Pavel: he doesn't know anything! After all, he doesn't know that life is impossible here now. Nothing left here. The church is gone.

    [shrugging]

    Pavel: No place to drink beer now.

    [he drinks his bottle of beer very quickly]

    Pavel: It's good... very good.

    [slurping]

    Pavel: If you ever change your mind, it won't be easy to leave.

  • Tereza: I was forced to love my mother, but not this dog. You know, Tomas... maybe... maybe, I love her more than I love you. Not more. I mean in a better way. I'm not jealous of her. I don't want her to be different. I don't ask her for anything.