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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Philip Kaufman |
| Stars: |
Juliette Binoche |
| Actors: |
Derek De Lint |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Suspense · Recommended · Romances · Erotic · Based On A Novel · Love Triangles · Essential Cinema · Thriller |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
037429140222 |
| Release Date: |
1988 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 52min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Criterion Collection, 2hr 52min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (August 17, 1999)
UPC: 037429140222 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 51min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Jean-Claude Carriere |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/05/1988, p.C8, Vincent Canby): "...[Day-Lewis, Binoche and Olin] are surprisingly fine -- both modest and intense....Notably ambitious..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING is a sensual and sensitive adaptation of Milan Kundera's tragicomic existentialist novel that follows the story of Thomas (Daniel Day Lewis), a womanizing Czech doctor in 1968 Prague, prior to the Soviet invasion, whose sexual appetite is never fully satisfied. Thomas believes in keeping sexual gratification separate from love and finds true understanding and erotic bliss with Sabina (Lena Olin), a seductive and elusive artist. However, Thomas's understanding of love and commitment is challenged when he meets Tereza (Juliette Binoche), a sexually naive and innocent young woman who captures Thomas's fancy on an out-of-town business trip. When Tereza appears on his Prague doorstep, Thomas lets down his guard and allows the young woman to stay with him, breaking all his rules regarding the dangers of seductive entanglement. Despite his numerous affairs, Thomas falls deeply in love with Tereza, and they eventually marry. Sabina accepts Thomas's marriage to Tereza, but Tereza... |
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