The Burning Plain

About The Burning Plain

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found.

Guillermo Arriaga's The Burning Plain is a 2008 crime romance film. The film is filed under extramarital affair, forbidden love, single father, and waitress.

Charlize Theron takes the lead as Sylvia, Kim Basinger as Gina, Jennifer Lawrence as Young Mariana, and Joaquim de Almeida as Nick Martinez. Released in November 2008, it runs 111 minutes.

The screenplay is by Guillermo Arriaga. It was produced by 2929 Productions and Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation. It streams on fuboTV and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel in the United States.

In the Mood for Love, Wild at Heart, and The Piano make useful companions to The Burning Plain, all filed under mother daughter relationship. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 479 votes and it carries a R rating.