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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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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 characters' romantic lives amid the Soviet…

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1987): when literature is bigger than the screen | cuando la literatura es más grande que la pantalla@cristiancaicedo878d

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Based on the novel by Milan Kundera | Basada en la novela de Milan Kundera I wanted to see this movie as much as I wanted not to see it. On the one hand, it is the film version of the most celebrated novel by one of my favorite authors, but on the other hand, we know that any story (with very rare exceptions) is always better in its original version on paper than on the screen, especially when there are things _non-…

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Cinema is quite useful tool for many students when they are given famous literary works as school assignments while lacking time and inclination to actually read them. Film adaptations often represent the simplest and the most accessible way to familiarise with and understand literature. On the other hand, many of such adaptations can stray very far from the source and what the original author wanted to do. One of t…

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