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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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Release Date:
5 February 1988 (USA)
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Tagline:
A Lovers Story.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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5 nominations
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(3 articles)
Motion/Captured Must-See: 'The Unbearable Lightness Of Being'
(From Hitfix. 26 May 2009, 4:00 AM, PDT)
Legendary Cinematographer Nykvist Dead at 83
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 September 2006)
(From Hitfix. 26 May 2009, 4:00 AM, PDT)
Legendary Cinematographer Nykvist Dead at 83
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 21 September 2006)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Tomas |
 | Juliette Binoche | ... | Tereza |
 | Lena Olin | ... | Sabina |
 | Derek de Lint | ... | Franz |
| Erland Josephson | ... | The Ambassador |
| Pavel Landovský | ... | Pavel |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Chief Surgeon |
| Daniel Olbrychski | ... | Interior Ministry Official |
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ... | The Engineer |
| Tomasz Borkowy | ... | Jiri (as Tomek Bork) |
| Bruce Myers | ... | Czech Editor |
| Pavel Slaby | ... | Pavel's Nephew |
| Pascale Kalensky | ... | Nurse Katja |
| Jacques Ciron | ... | Swiss Restaurant Manager |
| Anne Lonnberg | ... | Swiss Photographer |
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171 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2005) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) (re-rating) (2005) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) |
Canada:R (Manitoba) (2005) |
Iceland:14 |
Argentina:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Hong Kong:III |
Singapore:R21 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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The scene depicting the euthanizing of Karenin the dog was the scene Juliette Binoche read at her audition for Philip Kaufman. She reduced him to tears and she got the role.
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Continuity: The positions of the men playing chess in the pool changes several times.
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Referenced in "Frasier: Semi-Decent Proposal (#8.21)" (2001)
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Well acted and well directed. An uninhibited examination of lust vs. love, and the comfort of monogamy vs. the prison of possessiveness without over-dramatization or false emotion. Kaufman's depiction is faithful to Kundera's work, even if some depth is lost, as is inevitable in any film adaptation of a novel.