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Shown in conjunction with ChamberFest Cleveland!

THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING

United States | 1988 | Philip Kaufman

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Daniel Day Lewis is a womanizing Czech surgeon, Juliette Binoche his wife, and Lena Olin his mistress in Philip (The Right Stuff) Kaufman’s passionate, romantic, cerebral, and sensuous love story set in 1968 Prague at the time of the Soviet invasion. From the novel by Milan Kundera; cinematography by Sven Nykvist. DCP. 171 min.

Shown in conjunction with ChamberFest Cleveland Season 11, “Lightness of Being,” 6/14-7/1. Ten minutes of live chamber music will precede the film at 6:45.

Special admission $12; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, those age 25 & under, and those showing a ticket or ticket stub from a 2023 ChamberFest concert $9. No passes.

Thanks to Jessica Sherwood; for more information about this year’s ChamberFest, visit https://chamberfestcleveland.com/lightness-of-being/.

Masks are currently optional for moviegoers, but still encouraged. Learn more under the “Face Coverings” section at cia.edu/covid.

As a reminder, filmgoers can park for free in Lot 73 and in the Institute's annex lot, and should enter CIA via nearby Entrance C. Click here for a map.


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Thursday 6/15
6:45pm
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