Breaking and Entering

5.2 Score

2006 • 2h 9min • R • Drama, Romance

Breaking and Entering

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman – the mother of a troubled teen son – who was widowed by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

IMDb 6.5

RT 34%

MC 56

Director

Anthony Minghella

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Anthony Minghella

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Jude Law

Jude Law

Will Francis

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

Amira

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga

Oana

Robin Wright

Liv

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Sandy

Rafi Gavron

Rafi Gavron

Miro

Poppy Rogers

Poppy Rogers

Bea

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Bruno Fella

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Ray Winstone

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