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The synopsis sounds like The Unberable Lightness of being

posted 18 years ago by legolas05
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How so? I mean, sure, both are about two people falling in love against the backdrop of protests and social changes, but that's hardly a new idea. I know nothing about this movie and just happened to come across it, so don't take me for some fan boy trying to defend it. I just don't really see any major similarities between The Unbearable Lightness of Being and this film based on the IMDB synopsis. The characters are students, as opposed to middle-aged, the setting is completely different, they're separated for totally different reasons, and infidelity is never mentioned.

[–] islenyo 17 years ago

There certainly is infidelity in the film. Also, the structure of the film is certainly reminiscent of Kundera's novel. I can't remember ULoB that well but I would say that politics play a more integral role in the plot in ULoB than in Summer Palace.

[–] henrimaine 9 years ago

I agree there is definitely some similarity between the story-lines of Summer Palace and Unbearable Lightness. A group of friends live their lives, political protests take place, some of the friends leave the country, some of them meet again at the end.