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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #20 The Burning Plain

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#20. The Burning Plain

Director/Writer: Guillermo Arriaga (See on set photo above)
Producers: Laurie MacDonald (A Tale of Two Sisters) and Walter F. Parkes (The Trial of the Chicago 7)   
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

The Gist: This consists of thematically connected
storylines. Kim Basinger will play Gina, the mother of Charlize Theron’s
character as seen in childhood. Theron will play Sylvia, who tries to
find common ground with her parents after a turbulent childhood. The
two narratives eventually converge.

Fact: Arriaga is one of the writers onboard Dallas Buyers Club.

See It: Fans of Alejandro González Iñárritu will be curious to see Arriaga come out from “behind the shadows”.

Release Date/Status?: Currently filming, this should be Magnolia Pictures healthy attempt at the year-end awards race. 

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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