set in london and one of planet earth most prosperous and important city and the film present a series of artificially sweeten event and set in motion by an office break in carry out by a 15 year old kid name mirsad and a war refugee from bosnia . now base in london and straddle the line between low middle class and poverty and he be care for by his muslim mother amira who provide for both by work a a seamstress after his serb father get murder during the war . the office space that he keep break into belongs to an architectural firm own by englishman will francis and his partner sandy . will be young and rich and and bore . he also get a depressed swedish american girlfriend liv along with her 13 year old autistic daughter bee to deal with at home . another one in a grow line of recent kumbaya and global village cinematic offering and b and e purport to explore a slew of additional theme ( human relationship and single parent and mixed family tribulation and etc . ) . however and everything outside it general people be people run thread be a rather bland salad dress . unfortunately and the main course isn not a whole lot well and either . among an almost alarmingly germinate number of these kind of film spring up lately crash and babel be the most prominent b and e offer no substantial improvement . much like those mediocre movie do and in a desperate search for relevance this one also resort to drop little bit of halfass global liberal politics at strategic point throughout the story . furthermore and on the dramaturgical and even aesthetic front and b and e life and dy by the character of amira . she be suppose to be the spice that elevate proceeding from the mundane and purely western i be kinda bore and my woman a crazy moody bitch so some exotic tail on the side would sure hit the spot territory into something more hearty . and while binoche do a minimally adequate job portray a bosnian muslim woman and give the role to a south slavic actress would have improve thing substantially and and not just from the external authenticity standpoint . apart from her annoy french bosnian accent and her insufferable french accent serbo croatian and she play this woman very unevenly . not to mention that the way this entire character be write feel undercooked to begin with . at time it a if they have take sena and a supportive wife from when father be away on business ( play by mirjana karanovic ) and apply a selective 21st century makeover and and build a new movie around her .