Love is no ordinary crime.
A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, Breaking and entering follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross. Breaking and Entering tells the story of a series of thefts - some criminal, some emotional - set against the backdrop of a changing London whose geographical and cultural landscape is in flux. The central character, Will (Jude Law), is a successful landscape architect. His young, vibrant company, which he runs with business partner, Sandy (Martin Freeman), has recently relocated to King's Cross, the centre of the most ambitious urban regeneration site in Europe. Their state-of-the-art office immediately attracts the attention of a local group of thieves. After one of the break-ins, Will follows 15-year-old free-runner Miro (Rafi Gavron) back to the apartment he shares with his mother, Amira (Juliette Binoche) - a refugee from Bosnia. With his relationship to Liv (Robin Wright Penn) - his beautiful Swedish partner - already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into both the wilder side of himself and the city in which he lives.
Special Agent Matti
Breaking and entering has some of the same sense of tristesse that pervades another Jude Law film: Closer. By the final frame you will understand that life sucks even when you're on top.
Everyone is good, especially Jude Law, but I single out Rafi Gavron for bonus points as the troubled, teen cat-burglar who goes air-boarding (free-running) at night. Does the phrase "I do my own stunts" mean anything to anyone? It is way cool, especially to someone like me who has issues with gravity.
If you like life in the big city then Breaking and entering is the perfect film for you.
M (Moderate coarse language, moderate sexual references and sex scene)
119 minutes (1:59 hours)
Film: 25 January 2007
