The Burning Plain (2009)

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Arriaga is best known for a long collaboration with director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu on "Amores perros," "21 Grams" and "Babel," and he also scripted the Tommy Lee Jones-directed "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."

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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2009-09-17 - Limited Release
• Distributor(s): Magnolia Pictures
• Film Genre(s): Drama, Romantic Mystery
• Country: United States
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SYNOPSIS

This weaves together two storylines taking place in the past and present thematically connected storylines. A romantic mystery about a woman on the edge who takes an emotional journey back to the defining moment of her life. Charlize Theron plays Sylvia, a beautiful restaurant manager whose cool, professional demeanor masks the sexually charged storm within. When a stranger from Mexico confronts her with her mysterious past, Sylvia is launched into a journey through space and time that inextricably connects her to these disparate characters, all of whom are grappling with their own romantic destinies. In Mexico, a young motherless girl, Maria (Tessa Ia), lives happily with her father and his best friend until a tragic accident changes it all. In the New Mexico border town of Las Cruces, two teenagers, Mariana (Jennifer Lawrence) and Santiago (JD Pardo), find love in the aftermath of their parents’ sudden deaths. In an abandoned trailer, a housewife, Gina (Basinger), embarks on a passionate affair that will put Sylvia and the others on a collision course with the explosive power of forbidden love.

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