University Dalv Kansan / Fridav April 22, 1988 9 Kaufman's new movie enjoyable in its subtlety Bv Kevin Dilmore Kansan staff writer "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," which opens today at the Hillcrest Theatre, Ninth and Iowa streets, is a film that dispels many misconceptions. It proves that not all U.S. films are flashy and heavy-handed. It reaffirms the idea that subtle yet strong performances are more valuable to a film than any special-effects crew. And it also shows that a film that runs two hours and 53 minutes is not inherently boring. The film is based on a novel by Milan Kundera and is set in Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the 1968 Soviet invasion of that country. It tells the story of Tomas (Daniel Day-Lewis), a physician and brain specialist obsessed with women. On a trip out of town, he meets Teresa (Juliette Biroche), a young bargain at Tomás's hotel. They fall in love and eventually marry, but Tomas continues his very sexual relationship with his dear friend Sabina (Lena Olin). The film details the threesome's lives, together and apart, slowly shifting the narrative focus among the characters while being mindful of the political events transpiring around them. Director Philip Kaufman, who also adapted Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" into film in 1983, give the film a decidedly international spirit. After watching the first few minutes with the British actor Day-Lewis, the French actress Biroche and the Swedish actress Olin, the fact that Being "Unbeatable Lightness" is being away is a U.S. film, quietly slips away. The subtleties in Kaufman's technique allow each performer in the film to take complete control of the screen. Day-Lewis is charming as Tomas, a character who, for the most part, is obnoxious. Day-Lewis empowers Tomas with a sly, disarming glance and a sensitivity that hovers just below the surface of his character. Olin adds an erotic drive to the film as the lusty Sabina. Biroche has the toughest job because Teresa grows the most in the film. When Teresa meets Tomas for the first time, she is shy and self-conscious. But she must mature quickly to accept Tomas' carefree attitude. Biroche hides Teresa's insecurities behind books, pillows and cameras, then gradually allows her to flower as an individual. Hers is the most humorous and the most touching of the performances. Kaufman's attention to narrative shifts, character detail and unassuming subtility makes the film seem to glide by even more quickly than his exciting three-hour-and-11-minute-long epic. "The Right Stuff." "The Unbeable Lightness of Being" is rated R for sexual situations. 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