The unbearable lightness of being is a 1984 novel by milan kundera about two women two men a dog and their lives in the 1968 prague spring period of czechoslovak history although written in 1982 the novel was not published until two years later in a french translation the original czech text was published the following year. The unbearable lightness of being 1988 the unbearable lightness of being r 2h 51min drama romance 5 february 1988 usa 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. The unbearable lightness of being is a 1988 american drama film an adaptation of the 1984 novel of the same name by milan kundera it was directed by philip kaufman who co wrote the screenplay with jean claude carriere and stars daniel day lewis juliette binoche and lena olin the film portrays czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the prague spring and the effect on the main characters of the communist repression that resulted from the warsaw pact invasion of . The unbearable lightness of being is a 1984 novel by milan kundera about two women two men a dog and their lives in the 1968 prague spring period of czechoslovak history 1987 2007