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Breaking and Entering

2006 · 129 min

A quiet, emotionally tangled drama that unfolds slowly, asking you to sit with uncomfortable choices and fragile connections.

Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Vera Farmiga

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Vera Farmiga

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
guilt
class
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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