Breaking and Entering (film)

Breaking and Entering
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Minghella
Written by	Anthony Minghella
Produced by	Timothy Bricknell Anthony Minghella Sydney Pollack
Starring	Jude Law Juliette Binoche Robin Wright
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Edited by	Lisa Gunning
Music by	Gabriel Yared Underworld
Production companies	The Weinstein Company Miramax Films Mirage Enterprises
Distributed by	United States Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer International Miramax International (through Buena Vista International)
Release dates	13 September 2006 (2006-09-13) (Toronto) 9 February 2007 (2007-02-09) (United States)
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[1] United States[1]
Language	English
Box office	$8.9 million[2]

Breaking and Entering is a 2006 romantic crime drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, and Robin Wright. It was his first original screenplay since his 1990 feature debut Truly, Madly, Deeply and his final feature film before his death in 2008. Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, the film is about a successful landscape architect whose dealings with a young thief and his mother cause him to re-evaluate his life.

Minghella previously directed the film's stars – Jude Law in Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Juliette Binoche in The English Patient. In his first major film role, Rafi Gavron portrays Miro, the young traceur burglar, a role requiring several difficult physical feats. The film is a presentation of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company (TWC) and was distributed in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Breaking and Entering premiered on 13 September 2006 at the Toronto International Film Festival.^[3]