rarely have i see a film cover a many layer so flawlessly a this film do . the title itself a a bounty of different meaning to it . take literally and it refer to the several break in that occur throughout the beginning of the film that spiral everything that be to follow . however if you look deep and you can find several different metaphorical meaning to the title . it could be refer to the life that we see . they be already break and and we enter these life to see how they play out and progress . it could also be refer to the relationship between will and amira . he break in to her life and a a result and she enter his and we see how his life change a a result . i also love how minghella study the parallel between the two mother child relationship in the film . both deal with troubled child and mother who be try their best to create the best life for their child . on one spectrum there be amira and miro . due to an absent father and poor finance and amira be force to work as hard a she can to provide for miro . however and he get involve with criminal and become more and more entwined into these break in and a he be the only one who can actually be punish by law since he the only one who physically break in . amira have to work as much a she can and and a a result and she neglect miro which lead to his action . on the other side of the spectrum there be liv and bea . bea suffers from a very extreme case of obsessive compulsive disorder and this take a heavy toll on the life of her and her parent . unlike amira though and liv have a husband who work very hard and can provide constant economical support to the family . this allow her to quit her job and spend all of her time with bea and do her best to make sure she alright . it very interesting to see how these two similar relationship progress throughout the film with opposite approach to try to fix the problem . another interesting story that minghella subtly unfold be how immigrant be treat and how they live in a more established structure . in poverty stricken area people like amira can be very well and have great job and such a a pianist . however when they have to pick up and move and it extremely difficult to find any kind of job so she have to resort to be a tailor work out of her own home . this element be also display with erika and who have to resort to be a cleaning lady and be automatically accuse when the break ins first start . minghella do a great job of layer so many magnificent and deep story under one overlie story of how a break in cause a man to re evaluate his life . a always in his picture and the score and cinematography be some of the best i have ever see . simply marvelous work . the performance be all brilliant . jude law be phenomenal in a very subtle display of a troubled man and deal with numerous problem and just try to be happy with his life . binoche be deep and absorbed in her role a a mother who will do anything to protect her son . penn perfectly portray a mother who be try to keep her relationship stable and while deal with a very troubled daughter . even the support actor nail their role . martin freeman and a always and be absolutely hilarious and provide some much need comedic support . ray winstone and vera farmiga be severely underused and but they nail their part perfectly .