“Breaking and Entering” tells the story of a series of criminal and emotional thefts, set against the backdrop of London’s changing culture and geography.

Will (Jude Law) and his friend Sandy (Martin Freeman) run a flourishing landscape architecture firm that recently relocated to King’s Cross, the center of Europe’s most ambitious urban regeneration site.

Their state-of-the-art studio office repeatedly attracts the attention of a local gang of thieves and Will, fed up after another break-in, chases one of the young gang members, Miro (Rafi Gavron), back to the apartment he shares with his mother Amira (Juliette Binoche), a Bosnian refugee. 

At home, Will lives with his beautiful girlfriend Liv (Robin Wright Penn) who spends most of her time worrying about her troubled 13-year-old daughter Bea (Poppy Roger).

Will befriends Amira to further investigate the burglary, but their friendship takes an unexpected turn.  Amira soon discovers that Miro robbed Will’s office and becomes suspicious of his true intentions in their relationship. 

In a state of fear, she sets out to blackmail Will in order to protect her son.  With his life already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into the wilder side of both himself and the city.

Filmed on location in London and at Elstree Studios during the summer of 2005, Breaking and Entering is Academy Award winning director Anthony Minghella's first original screenplay to be produced since his 1991 feature debut, ‘Truly Madly Deeply.’ 

Produced by Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Timothy Bricknell for Mirage Enterprises (Minghella and Pollack’s production company) the film is a co-production between Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company.

Breaking and Entering stars Jude Law who previously worked with Anthony Minghella on ‘Cold Mountain’ and ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ and received Academy Award nominations for both performances; Juliette Binoche who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Minghella’s ‘The English Patient,’ and American actress Robin Wright Penn who became a household name with her starring role in ‘Forrest Gump’ and was recently seen in ‘A Home at the End of the World.’  The cast includes Vera Farmiga, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman, Rafi Gavron, Poppy Rogers and Juliet Stevenson.

The behind the scenes team includes production designer Alex McDowell (‘Fight Club,’ ‘Minority Report’) and cinematographer Benoit Delhomme (‘The Scent of Green Papaya, ‘Merchant of Venice,’ ‘Cyclo’). 

The original score is composed by Gabriel Yared (‘The English Patient,’ ‘The Talented Mr Ripley,’ ‘Cold Mountain’) and Rick Smith and Karl Hyde of the group Underworld.