Breaking and Entering (film)

Breaking and Entering
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnthony Minghella
Written byAnthony Minghella
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
Edited byLisa Gunning
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited 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]
LanguageEnglish
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]

  1. ^ a b "Breaking and Entering (2006)". British Film Institute. 30 December 2016.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Breaking and Entering". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Release dates for Breaking and Entering". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 26 May 2012.