The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A lovers’ story.
Film19882h 51mReleased
DramaRomance
Not rated
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1988-02-05
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
Community score
6.8527 votes on TMDB
Confidence
Rating weighted by how many people voted
6.7
The story
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.
Cast
- Daniel Day-LewisTomas
- Juliette BinocheTereza
- Lena OlinSabina
- Derek de LintFranz
- Stellan SkarsgårdThe Engineer
- Erland JosephsonThe Ambassador
- Pavel LandovskýPavel
- Donald MoffatChief Surgeon
- Daniel OlbrychskiInterior Ministry Official
- Tomasz BorkowyJiri
