---
title: 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philip Kaufman'
released: '1988-02-05'
runtime_minutes: 165
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096332/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

1988 · 165 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American romantic drama film, an adaptation of the 1984 novel by Milan Kundera. It was directed by Philip Kaufman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche and Lena Olin. The film portrays Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the Prague Spring, and the characters' romantic lives amid the Soviet repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Saul Zaentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-zaentz), [Bertil Ohlsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertil-ohlsson), [Paul Zaentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-zaentz)
- **Director:** [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman), [Milan Kundera](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-kundera), [Jean-Claude Carrière](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-carriere)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leoš Janáček](https://cinepixo.com/people/leos-janacek), [Mark Adler](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-adler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sven Nykvist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist)
- **Editor:** [Walter Murch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-murch)

## Cast

- [Jacques Ciron](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-ciron)
- [Charles Millot](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-millot)
- [Jean-Claude Bouillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-bouillon)
- [Jean-Claude Dauphin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-dauphin)
- [Pavel Landovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-landovsky)
- [Juliette Binoche](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-binoche) as Tereza
- [Hana Maria Pravda](https://cinepixo.com/people/hana-maria-pravda)
- [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-day-lewis) as Tomáš
- [Josiane Lévêque](https://cinepixo.com/people/josiane-leveque)
- [Anne Lonnberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-lonnberg)
- [Lena Olin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-olin) as Sabina
- [Bruce Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-myers)
- [Jan Němec](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nemec)
- [Erland Josephson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erland-josephson)
- [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman)

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