The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Overview, Where to Watch Online & more

Movie Details

• Status: Released
• Movie Tagline: A lovers’ story
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
• Release Date: 1988-02-05
• Runtime: 171.0 min
• Budget: $17.0 million
• Revenue: $10.0 million
• Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast & Crew

Daniel Day, Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Stellan Skarsgård, Erland Josephson, Pavel Landovský, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Tomek Bork, Bruce Myers, Pavel Slabý, Pascale Kalensky, Jacques Ciron, Anne Lonnberg, László Szabó, Vladimír Valenta, Clovis Cornillac, Consuelo De Haviland, Leon Lissek

Synopsis – What to Expect from “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 drama set in Czechoslovakia during the 1968 Soviet invasion. It follows the lives of two couples, Tomas and Sabina, and Tereza and Franz, and their relationships with each other and the world around them.

Tomas is a successful Czech doctor and womanizer who has a strong sense of intellectual freedom. He meets Sabina, an artist who shares his views of life, and the two become lovers. Although they are both married, they continue their relationship, and Sabina gets pregnant with Tomas’s child.

Tereza is a young woman who is deeply in love with Tomas. She is a photographer and is looking for a way to express her feelings. She meets Franz, a Swiss engineer, who is also looking for a way to express his feelings. The two become lovers, but Tereza is unable to forget Tomas and her feelings for him.

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia disrupts the lives of all four characters. Tomas and Sabina are forced to flee the country and Tereza is left alone and heartbroken. Franz decides to stay in Czechoslovakia and join the resistance.

The movie follows the lives of Tomas, Sabina, Tereza, and Franz over the next few years as they try to make sense of their lives in the face of the Soviet invasion. They struggle to find a way to be together and make sense of their

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