Pavel Landovský
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tomas (Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York, My Left Foot) is a doctor and a lady's man in Czechoslovakia during the late 1960s. Although he already has a sophisticated lover, Sabina (Oscar-nominee Lena Olin -- Chocolat, Hollywood Homicide), he becomes smitten with a bookish country girl named Tereza (Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche -- The English Patient, Chocolat), and the two begin a relationship. Sabina eventually learns to accept this other relationship, and the two women find themselves forming a deep friendship. However, the lovers triangle find themselves caught up in the political events of the "Prague Spring" of 1968, and as the Soviet tanks roll in to crush the non-violent rebellion, their lives are forever changed. Written and directed by Oscar-nominee Philip Kaufman (Twisted, The Right Stuff).
Empties (Vratné lahve)
A comic love story about a man facing old age. Joseph teaches literature in a secondary school in Prague. One day he is forced into retirement but he refuses to take it lying down. He finds work at the bottle-return counter in a supermarket and discovers a new community who begin to rely on him. Once more his life has meaning, but Joseph neglects his wife, who feels she’s losing him.
Tilværelsens uutholdelige letthet
Tomas, en overseksuell kirurg i Praha seg med Tereza, en vakker, foreldreløs jente. Selv om han har lovet troskap, fortsetter Tomas å løpe etter kvinne, spesielt med sin elskerinne.