| ORIGINAL TITLE | The Burning Plain | ||
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| DIRECTOR | Guillermo Arriaga | ||
| SCREENWRITER | Guillermo Arriaga | ||
| COMPOSER | Hans Zimmer, Omar Rodríguez-López | ||
| CINEMATOGRAPHER | Robert Elswit | ||
| CAST | Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida, Robin Tunney, José María Yazpik, Tessa Ia, Diego J. Torres, Danny Pino, Brett Cullen | ||
| STUDIO/PRODUCER | 2929 Productions / Costa Films | ||
| AWARDS | 2008: Venice Film Festival: Best New Young Actor or Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) | ||
| GENRE | Drama | Family Relationships. Ensemble Film | ||
| SYNOPSIS/PLOT | A drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother (Basinger) and daughter (Theron) who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood. The Burning Plain is a drama that explores the mysterious connection between several characters separated by time and space: Mariana, a 16-year-old girl trying to put together the shattered lives of her parents in a Mexican border town; Sylvia, a woman in Portland who must undertake an emotional odyssey to burnish a sin from her past; Gina and Nick, a couple who must deal with an intense and clandestine affair; and Maria, a young girl who helps her parents find redemption, forgiveness and love. |
