本片根據(jù)米蘭·昆德拉的名小說改編。1968年，布拉格外科手術(shù)醫(yī)生托馬（丹尼爾·戴-劉易斯 Daniel Day-Lewis 飾）生活在對(duì)女人追逐的快樂中，享受著性快感。畫家薩比娜（莉?奧琳 Lena Olin 飾）是托馬斯的紅顏知己，但在一次去溫泉療養(yǎng)院診的過程中，托馬斯結(jié)識(shí)女招待特蕾莎（朱麗葉·諾什Juliette Binoche 飾）。不久，特蕾莎只身來到布拉格二人結(jié)婚。托馬斯在婚后然不改與薩比娜或其他女偷情的惡習(xí)，特蕾莎無法受托馬斯的不忠，深夜出，卻碰上蘇聯(lián)武裝入侵捷。三人先后逃亡至瑞士日瓦，薩比娜認(rèn)識(shí)了當(dāng)?shù)卮?教授弗蘭茨（德雷克·?林特 Derek de Lint 飾），特蕾莎失去工作終日悶悶不樂，帶小狗卡列寧孤身重返布拉。在自由與束縛之間，托斯究竟該如何選擇呢？本是1988年美國十佳影片之一，獲1989年奧斯卡最佳攝影、最佳改編劇本名，金球獎(jiǎng)最佳劇情片和佳女配角（莉娜·奧琳）名，并獲英國電影電視協(xié)最佳改編劇本獎(jiǎng)，美國影人協(xié)會(huì)最佳導(dǎo)演和最佳影獎(jiǎng)。?豆?
Brij Mohan (36), a hosiery shop owner in a busy Delhi market, desperately wants to change his life. He is fed up of his ball-crusher wife and mounting debts. In order to escape his wretched life, he changes his appearance and adopts a new identity as Amar Sethi, but ends up mitting a botched up murder. He runs off with his young girlfriend, hopeful of making a new beginning. Instead, as luck would have it, he finds himself trapped in a web of his own Karma.
