In 1991, Anthony Minghella CBE began to consider creating another movie set in London after filming "One House, One Ghost, One Lover". The original plot was set to find that the home was ransacked after the couple returned at night. Later, Minghella put the filming plans on hold for a while. In 2002, Minghella's office was stolen 18 times. This experience became the impetus for Minghella to write the script and customize the shooting plan
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Minghella not only wrote the actual experience of thieves stealing into the screenplay, but also changed his thinking on the basis of his original idea, arguing that the crime will also lead to a remedy. The reason why Minghella set the scene of the script in London is because London is a place where multiple cultures coexist and merge, and in the multi-level social class, there is a kind of lower class invisibly
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