The Unbearable Lightness Of Being

Drama

Juliette Binoche	Tereza
Tomek Bork	Jiri
Daniel Day-Lewis	Tomas
Erland Josephson	Ambassador
Derek de Lint	Franz
Donald Moffat	Chief Surgeon
Lena Olin	Sabina
Pavel Landovský	Pavel
Daniel Olbrychski	Interior Ministry Official
Stellan Skarsgård	The Engineer
Tomasz Borkowy	Jiri
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Jacques Ciron

Réalisateur	Philip Kaufman
Producteur	Saul Zaentz; Bertil Ohlsson; Paul Zaentz
Auteur	Philip Kaufman; Jean-Claude Carriere; Milan Kundera; Jean-Claude Carrière
Image	Sven Nykvist
Musicien	Ernie Fosselius; Mark Adler

Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a doctor in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In the spring of 1968, before the Russians invaded, he is enjoying his sexual freedom with Sabina (Lena Olin) and Tereza (Juliette Binoche). While Sabina, a painter, seems to accept the philosophy of uncommitted sensuality, Tereza struggles to share her lover with another woman. When rioting fills the air and their lives are disrupted, it seems that enjoying sensuality is the only thing that makes sense and can take their mind off of the forces of destruction all around them. Their political freedom is being repressed so they look for expression of freedom elsewhere. When Tereza pours her passion into becoming a photographer, the two women meet and find they have more in common than Tomas. As artists they can enjoy the simple pleasures of life in the midst of upheaval. ...