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| Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
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| Based on | The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera |
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| Cinematography | Sven Nykvist |
| Edited by | Walter Murch |
| Music by | Mark Adler |
Production company | The Saul Zaentz Company |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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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.