本片根据米兰·昆德拉的同名小说改编。1968年，布拉格外科手术医生托马斯（丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯DanielDay-Lewis饰）生活在对女人追逐的快乐中，享受着性的快感。画家萨比娜（莉娜·奥琳LenaOlin饰）是托马斯的红颜知己，但在一次去温泉疗养院出诊的过程中，托马斯结识了女招待特蕾莎（朱丽叶·比诺什JulietteBinoche饰）。不久，特蕾莎只身来到布拉格，二人结婚。托马斯在婚后依然不改与...

A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers, to be the pastor at a vacant church. The atheist teacher resents the pastor, and tries to embarrass him in various ways, ...