minghella breaking and entering be an excellent modern tale set in london that revolve around the relationship of ( 1 ) a green company director and ( 2 ) his longtime swedish girlfriend and ( 3 ) a bosnian immigrant . admittedly i be not a big fan of jude law ( what self respect individual be . ) but he play his part so efficiently it be a masterstroke cast him in the lead role . his character be trite seemingly disinterested and frequently irritate but wholly believable and realistic . he may come across a a london male stereotype but a say law be so convincing it do not matter it just add to the realism . wright penn be fantastic a his troubled swedish girlfriend . she have to look after her 10 year old daughter suffer from add while struggle to feel appreciated and love by the vacuous law . wright penn fit the bill ably . her character may be not perfect and her role at the end of the film be somewhat lacking in self respect and be slightly humiliate and desperate follow a very selfless action she take in help out someone else and but again the film strength be it realism not it heroic . but the star of the film be the magnificent binoche . her performance be easily the best female performance i have see in a film . ever . she play the suffer mother of a troubled youth and lose her husband year before . she become entangle in a relationship that she should avoid but and a she state herself and it have be year since anyone show her affection so she be vulnerable to an advance . there be two scene which exemplify binoche a the best actress in the business while when she decide to take picture of her sleep lover against his knowledge and she try to make it look like she enjoy it but immediately revile with disgust and disgrace and and when she descend to desperate begging from her lover for his help . both scene be so powerful you will be move very much . the film have a number of subplots and social commentary ( and a few funny moment represent look out for the scene in which one character state latte have be drunk youl understand when you see it ) but i will not dwell on them a they be secondary to the excellent performance of it cast . an engrossing and enjoyable film and make it a priority to see it .