

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $17M
- Box office
- $10M
- Language
- Czech
- infidelity
- waitress
- based on novel or book
- free love
- photographer
- loyalty
- lover
- soviet union
- soviet military
- surgeon
- prague, czech republic
- partnership
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR5 Feb 1988
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical15 Apr 1988
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD30 Jun 2003
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM4 Aug 1988
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical8 Sept 1988
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)Gent15 Sept 1988
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD30 Jun 2003
CzechiaCZ
- Physical4 May 1998
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1522 Apr 1988
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD23 Apr 2021
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-161 Apr 1988
FranceFR
- TheatricalU2 Mar 1988
- TheatricalRe-release, restored version27 Jul 2016
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being was released on 5 February 1988.
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1- F4/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
1/23/2024
**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 wa…
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