A lovers story...

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.