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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Philip Kaufman Retrospective

Description

Named by Movieline as one of the
l 00 best movies ever made, THE
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
is a remarkable ada.ptation of the
seemingly unadaptable novel by Milan
Kundera. Working with Ingmar
Bergman’s favorite cinematographer,
Sven Nykvist, Kaufman paints the
mutable love triangle of Czech brain
surgeon Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis),
his mistress Sabina (Lena Olin) and his
wife Tereza (Juliette Binoche). The film
follows them From the heady days of the
“Prague Spring” in 1968 to the tragic
aftermath of the Soviet invasion. (S.C.)

Details

Country: USA

Year: 1988

Director: Philip Kaufman

Producers: Saul Zaentz, Stanley Popovic

Director of Photography: Sven Nykvist

Editors: B.J. Sears, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, Stephen A Rotter

Cast/Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis (Tomas), Juliette Binoche (Tereza), Lena Olin (Sabina), Derek DeLint (Franz), Erland Josephson (The Ambassaador)

Running Time (minutes): 171 min

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