The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

7.3	Listal rating
7.3	IMDB rating

Directed by

Philip Kaufman

Starring (View all)

Tomas

Tereza

Sabina

Franz

The Ambassador

Pavel

Chief Surgeon

Interior Ministry Official

Written by (View all)

Milan Kundera

(novel)

Jean-Claude Carrière

(screenplay)

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Fast women, slow pace.

4 years, 5 months ago at Jan 8 15:34

GemLil

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"In the time of the Russian invasion in Czechoslovakia, making love was a way of resisting, a way of being free."

These words of the screen-writer of Lightness sum up this film entirely, an intricate balance between a political film and a love story.

This is stirring and engaging story that thoroughly challenges your preconceptions of sexuality and the Czech people... read more

A very good movie

1 year, 9 months ago at Aug 30 4:14

johanlefourbe

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Since I kept hearing good things about this flick, I was really eager to check it out. Furthermore, I have to say it has one of the best title ever conceived and just for that, I wanted to see it. Honestly, I haven't read the book so I don't know if the movie is really faithful or not. It is basically a love story with a historical background and I thought that even though this story was good but ... read more

Quite boring

5 years, 2 months ago at Apr 13 0:44

Abhi

1 vote

The book was a dry read but what the movie also lacks is most of the intellectually engaging parts. So it is interesting at times but for the most part is dry and un-engaging on an emotional level. Good acting cannot save this either. It reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey, in that the movie was hard to completely understand without having read the book. However, 2001 was still a very good movie.

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Description: Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), ... (more)

Release date : 5 February 1988
UPC: 037429140222

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" TV (RECORDED TO DVR) / REWATCH? Date watched: 10th January, 2013 Project: None Why?: I think I've seen this before but not for years. Must've done. Director: Philip Kaufman Thoughts: Sorry, no. One of those films I felt I was supposed to like a lot but... just... didn't. Not that I hated it either though. The Bechdel Test = FAIL? | Two Women = Yes | Talking = Do they? | About a man = yes | I don't actually remember the few women characters talking together. I don't plan on watching t"