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Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
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D-Lewis's character is a Doctor in eastern europe. He is unable to control his sexual urges. He is a competent, devoted Doctor but spends endless hours having sex with any woman ready for it (and they all are!) His wildest sex partner is absurd in that she seems like a plastic doll, bendable into any position yet not real.
--Dixie, Resident Scholar
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This gorgeous movie, based on Milan Kundera's marvelous novel of the same name, depicts the lives and loves of two couples -- a young promiscuous doctor, his simple country girl/waitress wife, his spirited lover, and her stolid banker boyfriend -- in Czechoslovakia during the Communist takeover in 1968. Although all the acting is excellent, special kudos to Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, and delectable Lena Olin as the first three characters described above, respectively. Deliciously erotic, the film feels like a European production, though American writer-director Philip Kaufman made it in 1988 between "The Right Stuff" and the similar but less successful "Henry and June."
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- really kinky sex!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample chest and buttocks
unclothed?
- chest and buttocks
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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