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In August 1986, Binoche began filming Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, portraying the young and innocent Tereza.

Released in 1988, this was Binoche's first English language role and was a worldwide success with critics and audiences alike Set against the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968, the film tells the story of the relationships a Czech surgeon, Tomas ( Daniel Day-Lewis ), has with his wife Tereza and his lover Sabina ( Lena Olin ).

Binoche has stated that at the time her English was very limited and that she relied on a French translation to fully grasp her role.

After this success, Binoche decided to return to France rather than pursue an international career.

In 1988, she filmed the lead in Pierre Pradinas's Un tour de manège, a little-seen French film opposite François Cluzet.

She has stated that her attraction to this film was that it gave her the opportunity to work with close friends and family.

Pradinas is the husband of her sister Marion Stalens who was set photographer on the film and appeared in a cameo role.

In the summer of 1988, Binoche returned to the stage in an acclaimed production of Anton Checkov's The Seagull directed by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky at Théâtre De L ' odéon in Paris.

Later that year she began work on Léos Carax's Les Amants du Pont-Neuf.

The film was beset by problems and took three years to complete, requiring investment from three producers and funds from the French government.

When finally released in 1991, Les Amants du Pont-Neuf was a critical success.

Binoche won a European Film Award as well as securing her third César nomination for her performance.

In the film Binoche portrays an artist who lives rough on the famous Parisian bridge where she meets another young vagrant ( Denis Lavant ).

This iconic part of the city becomes the backdrop for a wildly passionate love story and some of the most visually arresting images of the city ever created.

The paintings featured in the film were Binoche's own work.

She also designed the French poster for the film which features an ink drawing of the eponymous lovers locked in embrace.

During a break in filming in 1990, Binoche spent five days shooting Mara for Mike Figgis, based on Henry Miller's Quiet Days in Clichy.

This 30 minute film was part of HBO's anthology series Women & Men 2.

The film became somewhat contentious when, according to Mike Figgis, HBO altered it once he had completed it.

The film premiered on HBO in the U. S. on 18 August 1991.