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 aesthetic. Both actors are very, very good. Juliette Binoche was still very young at that time. Her blush, her pale complexion, and her extremely simple smile were all like those of a fresh and plump country girl in an extremely oily painting. Daniel Day-Lewis' eyes are amazing. It's full of confidence and temptation, and more of aggression. They are totally into it.
Finally, she asked him: "What are you thinking?" He replied, "I was thinking how happy I was." Look, this is love. Nothing else.
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