Product: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2006)
Rating: 5.0
Very Bearable!
All people need love and acceptance, no matter what they say or how they try to achieve it. It is at most times, for most people unbearable to be `who' they are or to exist as they are. The characters in this film are very well developed and explored; not only in what they say but also in what they don't dare say. The director allows for that space in the film where we can see and feel the characters thoughts and sense their fears. There are so many wonderful scenes where Kaufman captures their innocence, their vulnerability and their cruelty of which they are unaware. As we witness all these human traits, we are suddenly taken into the sudden Communist attack on Czechoslovakia, which is the setting for this magnificent film: at that point our heroine photographs her peoples' vulnerability and reaction during a demonstration and riot against the Communist regime, in a wonderfully executed scene. There is so much to tell about the story, but I won't give it away except to mention it has one of the most well written endings in cinema!