THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1988
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: 'Like a dream you long to return to' (The New Yorker), this 'veritable masterpiece' (Screen International) revolving around love, sex, and politics is 'a near miracle' (Variety) of filmmaking. Nominated for two Academy Awards® and starring Oscar® winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche as well as Lena Olin, it is a stunning, erotic romance that 'shows us just how beautiful love and happiness can be' (L.A. Weekly).; ; Tomas (Day-Lewis) is a carefree Prague surgeon, whose life is fulfilled by two women - his loyal wife Tereza (Binoche) and his wantonly sexy mistress Sabina (Olin). But when Russian tanks roll into town to squash Czechoslovakia's 1968 uprising, his idyllic love triangle abruptly ends when all three flee to Geneva… and Tereza uncovers her husband's infidelities. ¥
• Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint, Erland Josephson, Pavel Landovský, Donald Moffat, Daniel Olbrychski, Stellan Skarsgård, Tomek Bork, Bruce Myers, Pavel Slaby, Pascale Kalensky, Jacques Ciron, Anne Lonnberg, László Szabó, Vladimír Valenta, Clovis Cornillac, Leon Lissek, Consuelo De Haviland, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Isabelle Noérie, Philip Kaufman
• Director: Philip Kaufman
• Runtime: 2:51
• Company: MGM / UA
• Media Format: movie