The Unbearable Lightness of Being

In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.

• Originally published: 1984
• Author: Milan Kundera
• Page count: 393 (French 1st edition)
• Genre: Philosophical fiction
• Original language: Czech
• Characters: Tereza, Tomas, Simon, Sabina, Franz
• Budget: 17 million USD
• Box office: 10.01 million USD