THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (1988)

PHILIP KAUFMAN

Literary Classics Romance Drama Art House Recommended Nigel's Choice 1960s

Cast

DANIEL DAY LEWIS JULIETTE BINOCHE LENA OLIN DEREK DE LINT ERLAND JOSEPHSON PAVEL LANDOVSKY DONALD MOFFAT DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI MILAN KUNDERA

Plot

A brilliantly atmospheric and evocative adaption of Milan Kundera's novel of love, invasion and exile in the Prague spring of 1968. Tomas, a talented doctor, has to choose between both his lovers and political compromise or exile from the country he loves. A superb film of love and life.