The Burning Plain

Guillermo Arriaga writes and directs this multi-narrative drama starring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. Sylvia (Theron) is the icily professional manager of an upmarket restaurant who spends her spare time having meaningless sex with different men. Gina (Basinger) is a married housewife and mother of four who begins an affair with Nick (Joaquim de Almeida), a Mexican-American man who is also married with a family. Maria (Jennifer Lawrence) is a teenager searching for the mother who abandoned her when she was two days old. The various strands and connections between the characters are gradually revealed throughout the film in Arriaga's signature style, previously seen in his collaborations with director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu: 'Amores Perros', '21 Grams' and 'Babel'.

Director: Guillermo Arriaga
Producer: Laurie MacDonald
Producer: Walter F. Parkes
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
Music: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Music: Hans Zimmer
Actor: Charlize Theron
Actor: Kim Basinger
Actor: Jennifer Lawrence
Actor: José María Yazpik
Actor: Joaquim de Almeida
Actor: Tessa Ia
Actor: Diego J. Torres
Actor: J.D. Pardo
Actor: Danny Pino
Actor: Sean McGrath
Actor: Fernanda Romero