Never read the original. Milan Kundera is very expensive in China, and it seems to be the favorite of the petty bourgeoisie. I have a kind of resistance from the bottom of my heart. "The unbearable lightness in life" originally meant love. Thomas has always taken life lightly, living a dashing life, separate from love and sex. For Teresa, it was too heavy.
Sabina is also the protagonist. Having read book reviews before, it seems that Sabina is anti-kitsch, and the issue of "kitsch" is one of the centers of the novel. It's a pity that I didn't see the word kitsch in the film. I don't believe that the director would not put kitsch in it. It must be a bad translation.
However, if the theme of the novel is love, and it is such love, it simply makes people feel kitsch, hehe, it is self-contradictory.
Of course, there is also politics. I don't know how the novel was written, the movie has a lot of black and white scenes and a lot of points from Thomas and Sabina. But intertwined with love, it is difficult to tell which is more important. Thomas, for example, had the guts to not sign his confession and was reduced to cleaning windows for a living, while he cheated again. Perhaps what the author wants to express is this kind of complicated life - firm belief in politics and do whatever you want in love.
Movie music is pretty good. Even in sadness, even in death, the rhythm of the jumps complements Juliet Binoche's deer-like steps and lithe tone of voice. Really prefer her.
However, happiness ends at the most perfect time. Perhaps at the happiest moment of Thomas' life, he went to heaven with Theresa.
Sabina, who was far away in the free country, received a letter with news of their deaths, saying: "I am their closest friend."
Along the stretched path, the endless white light makes people feel that death is their best destination. Thomas and Teresa can embrace each other faithfully forever.
I really like Memphis the pig and Kahanlin the dog.
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