The Burning Plain

The Burning Plain is a 2009 film written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga. It was screened at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

The Burning Plain is a dramatic film about an estranged family trying to make amends. The movie's plot concerns a multi-generational story where a mother and wife named Gina, played by Kim Basinger, finds comfort in the arms of a extra-marital lover, played by Joaquim de Almeida. The situation starts a chain of events that lead to tragic consequences. The film also explores the ramifications of those past events which have profoundly affected her now adult daughter Sylvia, played by Charlize Theron. In the aftermath of those traumatic circumstances of her youth, Sylvia is left searching for momentary relief of emotional anguish by engaging in meaningless sex and self mutilation.

• Charlize Theron as Sylvia
• Kim Basinger as Gina
• Jennifer Lawrence as Marianna
• Jose Maria Yazpik as Carlos
• Joaquim de Almeida as Nick
• Tessa La as Maria
• John Corbett
• Danny Pino as Santiago
• Brett Cullen as Robert
• Gray Eubank as Lawrence
• Sean McGrath as Scott
• Toni Marie Lopez as The woman
• TJ Plunkett as Pat
• Kacie Thomas as Vivi
• Robin Tunney as Laura
• Stacy Marie Warden as Monnie
• Taylor Warden as Bobby