The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Philip Kaufman
Screenplay by	Jean-Claude Carrière; Philip Kaufman;
Based on	The Unbearable Lightness of Being; by Milan Kundera
Produced by	Bertil Ohlsson; Paul Zaentz; Saul Zaentz;
Starring	Daniel Day-Lewis; Juliette Binoche; Lena Olin; Derek de Lint; Erland Josephson; Pavel Landovský; Donald Moffat; Daniel Olbrychski; Stellan Skarsgård;
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Walter Murch
Music by	Mark Adler
Production; company	The Saul Zaentz Company
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date	February 5, 1988;
Running time	171 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million
Box office	$10 million

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 effect on the main characters of the communist repression that resulted from the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.