I actually think that this is the only case I know of, where the movie was far superior to the book in every way.
The movie is, and has been one of my favourites since it was first released, and I have watched it many times.
I saw the movie before reading the book, and was so disappointed in the pathetic misogymistic attitude of the author, whose traditional, sexist eastern European male attitude, where women were collected like notches on the bed head, was the exact opposite to the wonderful celebration of the love of women that was expressed by the film.

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, also delivered one of the most honest portrayals of joyful sexual behaviour I had seen on film, at the time.
I loved how the joy and laughter and sheer exuberance of a zesty sex life, were displayed as a normal part of the lovemaking, and not just a continuous stream of grunts and groans, as was, and mostly still is, the more usual way sex is portrayed.

The acting from Daniel Day Lewis, and Juliet Binoche, in particular, was as brilliant as they almost always are.

If you really want to enjoy this story, forget the book, and watch the film, it is a modern day classic.


Coincidentally Ernie, I looked at your list, and I re-watched Tombstone four days ago, and The Seven Samurai two days ago, talk about coincidence.lol.

I mean movies you can watch time & time again.
Two of mine are both Hugh Grant movies.
About a Boy I love because of the totally useless but amusing lifestyle  he carries on. Dividing his day into units of time: so many units for getting his hair carefully dishevelled, so many for buying CDs, so many for going after young females until he finds his sources drying up.
The other one is Sense & Sensibility (Jane Austen) which not only has Grant but the adorable Kate Winslett and the marvellous actress Emma Thompson.
But wait, there's more. Notting Hill I forgot. OMG . .Julia Roberts.
Actually I think this is THE favourite.

There you have it . . . .bogarde exposed.