The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name by Milan Kundera. It was directed by Philip Kaufman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin. The film portrays Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the Prague Spring, and the effect on the main characters of the communist repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988)
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), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.
Director: Philip Kaufman
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin ...
“In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.”
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988)
Directed: Philip Kaufman
Produced: Bertil Ohlsson, Paul Zaentz, Saul Zaentz
Written: Jean-Claude Carrière, Milan Kundera
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson,
Pavel Landovský, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgård
Music: Mark Adler
Cinematography: Sven Nykvist
Edited: Walter Murch
Distributed: Orion Pictures (original)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (current)
Release date: February 5, 1988
Running time: 171 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Soundtrack Credits
String Quartet N°1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
Composed by Leos Janácek
(1923)
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1. "Fairy Tale, III. Allegro" Leoš Janáček Jerry Grossman, Diane Walsh 2:47
2. "The Holy Virgin of Frydek (Grave)" (from "On the Overgrown Path", Set 1) Janáček Ivan Klánský 3:24
3. "In the Mist, II. Molto adagio" Janáček Ivan Moravec 4:36
4. "Hey Jude" Lennon-McCartney Marta Kubišová 5:37
5. "Joj, Joj, Joj" A traditional Czechoslovakian folksong Jarmila Šuláková, Vojtěch Jochec 3:06
6. "String Quartet No.2" ("Intimate Pages", IV. Allegro) Janáček The Smetana Quartet 6:44
7. "Sonata for Violin and Piano, IV. Adagio" Janáček Sergiu Luca, Paul Schoenfield 4:37
8. "The Bird of Ill Omen Lingers On (Andante)" (from "On the Overgrown Path", Set 1) Janáček Klánský 3:49
9. "On the Overgrown Path, Set 2" (4th Movement, Allegro) Janáček Klánský 4:13
10. "String Quartet No. 1" (Inspired by Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata", III. Con Moto—Vivace—Andante) Janáček The Smetana Quartet 3:29
11. "A Blown-Away Leaf: Andante" (from "On the Overgrown Path") Janáček Moravec 3:35
12. "Goodnight" (from "On the Overgrown Path") Janáček Radoslav Kvapil 3:13
13. "Idyll for String Orchestra, V. Adagio" Janáček The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 3:28
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