This is on my radar because this is produced, directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga, who wrote The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which is one of my favorite recent movies not many people ever talk about . The real reason I’m interested in the movie is Charlize Theron.
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He also wrote the collaborative trilogy (with Director Alejandro González Iñárritu ) that consisted of Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel.
Joining Theron are Kim Basinger, & Jennifer Lawrence and I’m really interested in the latter as I think Arriaga is able to really give individuals (like Rinko Kikuchi in Babel) an opportunity to shine (even if the whole gets a bit muddled). My interest in Basinger is of course eternal because I’m a comic book fan.
Film Synopsis:
When a stranger from Mexico confronts her with her mysterious past, she is forced to take an emotional journey back to the defining moment of her life that inextricably connects her to these disparate characters, a young motherless girl Maria, a housewife involved in an affair Gina, and Gina’s daughter Mariana.
The Burning Plains will be released in (limited ) U.S. theaters on September 18th after having appearerd on the festival circuit already.
