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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Name: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Released: 1988

1988

In Prague in the 1960s, a womanizing surgeon torn between a free-spirited mistress and the earnest woman he marries finds his life and loves upended by the Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring. Adapted from Milan Kundera's novel.

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Part of 10 Movies Set in or About Czech Republic

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Czech Republic. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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