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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Movie vs Book
Film · 1988 · Directed by Philip Kaufman · Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) Movie: Cast and Details
A surgeon in Prague in 1968 moves between lovers while the country is rocked by political change.
Book vs Movie: How Close Is It?
Close to the bookIt follows the love story and the historical background but largely drops the book's philosophical digressions.
Read or watch first?
Read the book for the ideas. Watch the film for its sense of time and place.
What the book gives you
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
A thoughtful and sometimes playful book. It mixes romance and philosophy, and rewards slow reading.
Who will like it: Readers who like novels of ideas and European fiction.