Breaking And Entering (2006)

An architect (Jude Law) and his girlfriend (Robin Wright), though not married, are involved in a 10 year relationship that seems to have come unglued. When some teenage thieves break into his place of business, the architect finds himself drawn to the mother (Juliette Binoche), a Bosnian refugee, of one of the thieves (Rafi Gavron) and an illicit affair begins that has traumatic effects on all involved. Written and directed by Anthony Minghella (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) whose final film this was. The movie was unfairly dismissed by critics and ignored by audiences. It's a potent film, not perfect by any means and often contrived but intelligent film making is so few and far between that a film like this should be encouraged, flaws and all. There's more than enough that the film gets right that its faults become secondary. The performances are uniformly fine but two really stand out. Robin Wright's conflicted mate trying to balance a relationship and an autistic daughter (Poppy Rogers) and Vera Farmiga as a Russian prostitute. With Martin Freeman, Juliet Stevenson, Ray Winstone and Ed Westwick.