Product: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Rating: 5.0
The perfect and complete love story
This is such <insert any positive adjective> movie. This movie began an unwavering appreciation for Juilette Binoche, who plays a simple country girl, that adores the dashing Doctor played by Daniel Day Lewis, but who throughout the movie slowly matures into the stronger and more powerful of the two. It is set in the communist Czeck republic, during the tumuletous 60s, which saw uprisings put down by Soviet tanks and military. The backdrop is perfect for a love story, thier problems as a couple gain perspective next to the prospects going on, they both support the cause, and pay the price of being dissadents, which brings them closer together. It has a completley epic feel. It describes a couple, thier circle, the Country, politics and time perfectly. I don't want to give anything away. It is long, but if you like you will think it ends to soon. It bitter sweet and melencholy, but it is so well written I cannot imagine you wont appreciate it. The characters are more real on film than they ever would be life. I will always love this movie. I highly recommend it.