Starring:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Juliette Binoche
Lena Olin
PREMIERE - September '95
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, directed by Philip Kaufman, is an adaptation of Czech author Milan Kundera's acclaimed erotic novel set during the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Tomas (Daniel Day Lewis) is a master of seduction. To him women are for pleasure and Sabina (Lena Olin) is the ultimate, a free-spirit like himself who craves physical fulfilment without the burden of love. life is blissfully simple until Tomas meets the young and innocent Tereza (Juliette Binoche) who awakens in him a tenderness he never knew possible.
But this is Prague and the year is 1968, as the Russian tanks roll into the city Tomas is forced to choose between love and sex, freedom and repression and between the two women who have left an indelible mark on his life; his uninhibited lover and his faithful wife. The gates to Tomas’s erotic freedom may be closing forever.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being was an instant hit with critics and audiences around the world and launched Juliette Binoche’s international career. Her portrayal of the delicate and passionate Tereza remains one of her most enduring roles.
Tomas
Tereza
Sabina
Franz
The Ambassador
Pavel
Chief Surgeon
Interior Ministry Official
The Engineer
Jiri
Czech Editor
Pavel’s Nephew
Nurse Katja
Swiss Restaurant Manager
Swiss Photographer
Russian Interrogator
Mayor
Boy in Bar
Daniel Day-Lewis
Juliette Binoche
Lena Olin
Derek de Lint
Erland Josephson
Pavel Landovský
Donald Moffat
Daniel Olbrychski
Stellan Skarsgård
Tomasz Borkowy
Bruce Myers
Pavel Slabý
Pascale Kalensky
Jacques Ciron
Anne Lonnberg
László Szabó
Vladimír Valenta
Clovis Cornillac
Directed by
Screenplay by
Based on the novel by
Produced by
Music by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Costume design by
Production manager
First assistant director
Stills photographer
Produced by
Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman
Jean-Claude Carrière
Milan Kundera
Saul Zaentz
Bertil Ohlsson
Paul Zaentz
Leos Janácek
Sven Nykvist
Walter Murch
Pierre Guffroy
Ann Roth
Suzanne Benoit
Daniel Szuster
Phil Bray
The Saul Zaentz Company
a film by Philip Kaufman
1988
They picked me a week before shooting. I met Kaufman first and read the novel afterwards, I realised that it was a role that I had to play.
It was a happy shoot, a big production, my first big movie, my first big trip around the world to promote the film.”
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International trailer
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International reissue trailer
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Japanese trailer
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US home entertainment trailer
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Juliette Binoche talks about
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Press kit
PDF - English
1988 8.9mb
Movie card
PDF - French
1988 1.5mb
Reissue flyer
PDF - French
2015 1.9mb
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