Breaking And Entering Page #4

Synopsis: A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King's Cross with his mother; he's nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will's architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows Miro home and returns the next day and meets Miro's mother, Amira. At home, Will's relationship with Liv is strained - he feels outside Liv and her daughter Bea's circle. The stakeout and Amira's vulnerability are attractive alternatives to being at home. The police, too, watch Miro.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Anthony Minghella
Production: The Weinstein Company
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2006
120 min
$880,510
Website
266 Views


- There we are.

- Exercise...

- Exercise...

- 'There we are' what?

- Stop that.

- Exercise. Exercise...

You don't even hear it, Will.

- You don't even hear it.

- Exercise, exercise...

Eat your chicken first!

- No!

- Stop yelling.

Chicken?

I'm a vegetarian.

- Don't you yell at me.

- You don't eat vegetables.

- It's disgusting!

- You don't eat vegetables.

- Disgusting! Disgusting!

- Will you stop?

No, it's disgusting!

No, leave me alone!

Now, what we know is,

if we smash things

and we scream and we shout,

we get our own way.

That's what we know.

Or run away.

Great... Great.

That's great.

Liv.

Liv, darling.

Liv!

Or we just say nothing!

Because God forbid we ever...

we ever say what we actually meant!

No, just let the shutter come down!

Anyway...

I really have to get back to the office.

Bea, my car keys.

Where's the battery? Bea.

Hey, I need the battery.

We're human.

Don't punish us.

We get fed up.

Fed up.

Is that about the diet?

No. It means upset.

I don't know why.

It's a metaphor, remember?

We spoke about those.

'Cried your eyes out' doesn't

mean your eyeballs fall out.

Metaphors.'Fed up.'

It's nothing to do with food.

Where's my battery, Bea?

- It's in my box.

- Where's your box?

It's my box.

You can't go in my box.

- Well, you go get the battery.

- Bea.

It's all right.

We're working it out.

Bea, go and get Will's battery.

'Will's battery'?

Can you explain to me

why you suddenly need to go to the office?

- You know why.

- You're not the police.

No, and the police are not night watchmen.

Nor are you.

Most wives would worry

if their husbands went cruising in King's Cross

- every night.

- Come on.

Hire a security company, Will.

Most wives are married

to their husbands, as we're

being so accurate tonight.

Dads, wives, Will's battery.

Thanks for that.

I don't see the real father around much.

I love your sun box,

whatever the f***

it's supposed to do.

I keep hoping it'll warm you up.

Skinny cup, extra shot, right?

Right.

Thanks.

Oh. I brought a CD.

I've got some CDs.

No. For dancing.

I like to dance.

In cars?

Inside, outside, upside down.

I can dance on your lap,

but it's not

- for free.

- Absolutely.

I still make you come,

but not inside me.

Some guys think that's not cheating.

Hmm?

That's good.

You are. You're very good.

You're great.

That's okay. It's fine.

What do you mean?

It's okay.

Hi.

I'm sorry.

You smell of perfume.

I don't know how I do.

Nor do I.

I love you.

Is that an answer?

It's the truth.

What do you need?

What do you want ever?

I feel as if I'm tapping on a window.

You're somewhere behind the glass,

but you can't hear me.

Even when you're angry, like now,

it's like someone a long, long

way away is angry with me.

Well, glass is better than ice,

which is where we were earlier.

Sweden, ice, depression,

the high rate of suicide?

Mm-hmm.

I never got close to anybody who

didn't want to talk about that.

- Mm.

- Or free love.

- Liv Ullmann.

- Liv Ullmann.

Who's Norwegian, by the way.

Well, there are no other Swedes to talk about?

Nobody lives there.

You could drive for hours

before you pass another Volvo.

Abba.

Let's face it.

It's a sad old list.

What about the English?

You brought us what? Sarcasm?

- Mm.

- And the Beatles.

Lager louts.

No. You invented lager.

Excuse me. The Danes.

Yeah, same difference.

No, no, no.

I love your laugh.

I love your laugh.

I'd like to gather up all your

laughs and lock them in a box,

like Bea's, and nobody

would be allowed the key.

Where are you going?

The shower.

Or to kill that f***ing fox.

Come back here.

- Mama?

- I'll take you.

- I'm taking you.

- Mom takes me.

No, no. It's okay. It's okay.

I'm taking Bea. I want to.

Go back to sleep.

Mom takes me.

Daddy will take you today.

It's fine. It's fine.

See? I'm up.

It's okay.

Seat belt, Bea.

What's that?

Is that a CD?

Yeah.

Yes, it's a CD.

Is it yours?

N... Yes.

Shut up!

'Shut up' is good, isn't it?

Excellent.

I did it!

I did it! I did it!

You watch, I'm going to do it again.

Paul?

Paul, are you ready?

Are you ready?

Sweetie, you're still wet.

You're dripping.

Yellow towel.

It's not yellow.

Is it yellow?

Yellow stitching.

Oh.

You have to dry yourself.

I did. I used the hair dryer.

Well, how about my sweater?

It's kind of a towel.

Is it a good color?

It's a good color,

and it's a sort of towel.

But you'll be cold.

No. If I get cold,

I'll wear the towel.

Hey, look.

Those guys... they're amazing.

I want a lesson.

Oh!

Mom, are you okay?

You okay? Get up.

Oh, you're soaked.

Excuse me. We would like to donate our towel.

No, I'm fine, thanks.

Really, we hate our towel.

We hate our towel.

We do. We hate it.

It's looking for a new home.

Thank you.

Come on, lovey.

That was good.

You should join the circus.

Get off me!

It's cold.

It's a bit cold.

Why wind down the window?

To get some air.

Why?

You know.

Quite a strong perfume.

- Actually...

- It's my job.

I got you a present.

In return for the CD,

the coffees...

It's good, I think.

My wife uses it.

She says it's good.

That's f***ed up.

What man wants

to be with a girl that smells like his wife?

No, I didn't say I wanted to be with a girl.

You think I like to smell like this?

You think I like to wear panties

which cut my p*ssy in half?

I didn't mention your...

Men are incredible!

Thank you.

Ow!

So what, you clean this area up?

- Is that the plan?

- Not exactly.

If you work with nature,

why are you so against nature?

Well, A:
I'm not,

and B:
I'm absolutely not.

The fox in your garden.

What about the fox in my garden?

The one wild thing in your life

and it makes you crazy.

You know, turn the whole world into a park,

- like Disneyland.

- That's not what we do.

- With flowers...

- Oh, that's ironic,

because that's the opposite of what we do.

Go ahead, clean up,

because we will move to another alley,

and we'll take the foxes with us.

Good.

Because this is the human heart.

This is the world.

It's light and dark.

They're putting fortune cookies

in with the crack now, are they?

This is what, the human heart?

This is the world?

This is sh*t.

You're talking sh*t.

I have to charge you.

- Huh?

- No, I have to charge you.

You crossed the line.

- What do you mean?

- We have chit chat, it's free.

I keep warm, I buy coffee.

It's a trade.

You abuse me, that's business.

How did I abuse you?

Men abuse me, I get paid.

No way am I giving you 50 pounds.

I'm not giving you 50 pounds.

No.

- F***!

- Oh.

Uh-oh.

- He's like a monkey.

- I've got to call the police.

What? To say what?

To say what? !

There's a man breaking into my building!

It's not a man, it's a boy.

I've got a special thing,

a code,

four-three, uh...

No, I'm Hoff...

Yes, I'm Hoff...

Well, my partner's Hoffman.

Where am I? !

I'm in my car!

I'm looking at him!

I'm... four...!

Hey!

Wait!

Come here!

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Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella, CBE (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. more…

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