Daniel Day-Lewis
Tomas
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint. Central Europe, 1968: A Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
- (39K)
- Drama, Romance
- Philip Kaufman
- 1988-02-05
A 1988 romantic drama film based on Milan Kundera's novel, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche. It depicts the lives of three characters in communist Czechoslovakia and Switzerland, and their struggles with love, politics and identity.
Synopsis. 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 ...
- (267)
- Philip Kaufman
- R
- 20
Successful surgeon Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis) leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza (Juliette Binoche), and brings her back with him.
- (30)
- Philip Kaufman
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. 171 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1988. In the title of Philip Kaufman’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” the crucial word is “unbearable.”. The film tells the story of a young surgeon who.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a drama film directed by Philip Kaufman, based on Milan Kundera’s novel. Set against the backdrop of the Prague Spring, the film follows Tomas, a Czech surgeon played by Daniel Day-Lewis, who balances his love for two women, the artist Sabina and the sensitive Tereza, portrayed by Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche respectively.
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship.
