jude law play will and an architect who live with liv ( robin wright penn ) and a documentarian and her behaviorally challenge daughter . after a series of break in at his office and will begin stake it out in order to find the culprit . this put an extra strain on his already tenuous relationship with liv . one night and he see a young man break in . he shout to him and and when the kid run away and will pursue him . will follow the kid and miro and to his apartment in a rundown area . at once he become entrance by miro mother amira and an refugee from serbia who work a a seamstress . will invent reason to keep come back to see amira . they soon begin an affair . he out of lust and boredom and a lack of intimacy at home . amira have ulterior motif . she believe if she keep sleep with will he would not turn in miro . a will grow close to amira and he begin to pull away from liv . the tension and uneasiness grow until the spacious room of their posh townhouse be full of all the thing they can not seem to say to each other . anthony minghella use this setup to explore the issue of trust and love and honesty in the intertwining relationship of these character . a always and he prove himself to be an intelligent and insightful writer . his story and character be authentic and every emotion be real . he be also an outstanding director . he have an excellent sense of pace and tone and and the composition . the entire cast be fantastic . jude law give his most mature and honest performance to date . juliette binoche accent be superb and she find the soul of amira . robin wright penn excels at play emotionally distant woman and she be able to communicate all of liv submerge emotion with small gesture or look . rafi gavron and who play miro and despite this be his debut and hold his own among these season pro . benoit delhomme mute grey ting cinematography be drastically different than his golden sun burnish work in the proposition and but no less beautiful . walter murch editing be near flawless . gabriel yared have collaborate with karl hyde and rick smith to create a score that be rich and modern .