The Unbearable Lightness of Being

the title is probably one of the most copied/parodied of all time, and probably none of them understand what it actually means... in brief: i watched this with no real understanding of what the story was, just identifying it as part of a set of late 80s/early 90s day-lewis films that were these long romantic dramas (a room with a view, the age of innocence, etc). they seemed incredibly uninteresting to me, but i somehow got turned on to this one and found that it's actually got a lot more to it. there is a surprising amount of charm and whimsy to it early on, and it has to be said that as read more

based on the excellent kundera novella, but the film adaptation is a different creature altogether, where philosophy and politics are depicted as a grainy backdrop. the focus is on the "lightness" of free(d) love. binoche shines as a young coquettish imp turned insecure wife, whilst lewis and olin carried off their amoral lovers' obsession with mirrors and bowler hats in a cinematographically imaginative way. a moving glimpse of prague during the age of the cold war and the iron curtain. read more

7.5 la insoportable levedad del ser read more