The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  • Drama
  • Romance
2/5/1988
171
R

A lovers' 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.

Revenue:
$10,000,000
Budget:
$17,000,000

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  • FilipeManuelNeto

    The Unbearable lightness of Sex.

    When the recently deceased Milan Kundera published The Unbearable Lightness of Being he probably knew that the book would be both loved and hated. Based on the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche, it outlines a story full of eroticism between four characters amid the turmoil resulting from the Prague Spring in 1968, and the years of lead that followed. What this film did was adapt the novel to the cinema, with some changes and focusing attention on the two central characters.

    I read the book many years ago and didn't like it. In the book, the author exposes philosophical positions taken from Nietzsche's ideas and where he privileges sex and the search for pleasure while relativizing and diminishing...

    January 23, 2024

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