Unbearable lightness of being (dir. Philip Kaufman)

Now, the best thing about the film is cinematography by Sven Nykvist (more about him later - he deserves his own blog, not just an entree). It's impossible to take your eyes of the film - stunning on every aspect - even if the story was shit (which this one's not) you could still watch and enjoy it. Philip Kaufman did a wonderful job from start to end - from cast to set.
The brief summary:
Tomas, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, is a doctor in 1960s Czechoslovakia. He is also a player and has somewhat of a bohemian attitude to life: he doesn't see the need for commitment and wants to live a free and careless life. It works quite well for him until he meets an idealistic country girl Tereza, played by Juliette Binoche. She battles with his sexual addictions and tries to live with the knowledge that she will be sharing him with other women. It's a struggle. Especially since one of the lovers if a sophisticated artist Sabina (wonderful Lena Olin). The three get caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968). The film talks about shattered illusions and the changes brought by Soviet occupation and restricted life.