• The Film "Unbearable Lightness of Being"

     

    Essays1 Art

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Published: 02.04.2003.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'The Film "Unbearable Lightness of Being"', 1.
Extract

Unbearable Lightness of Being
A film by Phillip Kaufman
Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis - Tomas
Julliette Binoche - Tereza
Lena Olin - Sabina
"Take off your clothes." The line most repeated throughout the film, gave us a sense of what we were to expect from Phillip Kaufman's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Adapted from a Milan Kundera work of the same name, the story takes us through the life of an eccentric doctor living in 1968 Prague, and his sexual escapades. Tomas (Day-Lewis) is living in a fantasy world. He enjoys the fruits of life, along with "partner in crime" Sabina (Olin). His…

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