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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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5 February 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
A Lovers Story.Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Motion/Captured Must-See: 'The Unbearable Lightness Of Being' (From Hitfix. 26 May 2009, 4:00 AM, PDT)
Legendary Cinematographer Nykvist Dead at 83
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 September 2006)
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Sublime moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Tomas |
 | Juliette Binoche | ... | Tereza |
 | Lena Olin | ... | Sabina |
 | Derek de Lint | ... | Franz |
| Erland Josephson | ... | The Ambassador |
| Pavel Landovský | ... | Pavel |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Chief Surgeon |
| Daniel Olbrychski | ... | Interior Ministry Official |
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ... | The Engineer |
| Tomasz Borkowy | ... | Jiri (as Tomek Bork) |
| Bruce Myers | ... | Czech Editor |
| Pavel Slaby | ... | Pavel's Nephew |
| Pascale Kalensky | ... | Nurse Katja |
| Jacques Ciron | ... | Swiss Restaurant Manager |
| Anne Lonnberg | ... | Swiss Photographer |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
171 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2005) | Canada:PG (Ontario) (re-rating) (2005) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) (2005) | Iceland:14 | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:R21 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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According to Lena Olin, she met co-star Daniel Day-Lewis on her first day on the set and according to schedule had to do one of the film's most intense nude love scenes with him that very day. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After Tomas the window-washer slugs back the wine offered to him by the Communist Party official's wife, the wineglass refills as he sits down on the chair next to the sideboard. moreQuotes:
[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.