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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Most recently watched by lordofthemovies
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.
Rated R | Length 171 minutes
Actors
Daniel Day-Lewis | Juliette Binoche | Lena Olin | Derek de Lint | Stellan Skarsgård | Erland Josephson | Pavel Landovský | Donald Moffat | Daniel Olbrychski | Tomasz Borkowy | Bruce Myers | Pavel Slabý | Pascale Kalensky | Jacques Ciron | Anne Lonnberg | László Szabó | Vladimír Valenta | Clovis Cornillac | Consuelo De Haviland | Leon Lissek | Jacqueline Abraham-Vernier | Judith Atwell | Claudine Berg | Jean-Claude Bouillon | Miroslaw Beuer | Niven Busch | Margot Capelier | Victor Chelkoff | Monica Constandache | Jean-Claude Dauphin | Dominique De Moncutt | Bernard Lepinaux | Josiane Lévêque | Peter Majer | Charles Millot | Gérard Moulévrier | Jan Němec | Charly Oleg | Sylvie Plantard | Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff | Christine Potter | Hana Maria Pravda | Romano | André Sanfratello | Jiří Stanislav | Milos Szoboda | Helenka Vernier | Marrian Walters | Serge Delanoue | Philip Kaufman | Isabelle Noérie