Burning Plain
Movie Title: Burning Plain
Description: Sylvia is 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, 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 and Santiago, find love in the aftermath of their parents' sudden deaths. In an abandoned trailer, a housewife, Gina, embarks on a passionate affair that will put Sylvia and the others on a collision course with the explosive power of forbidden love.
Critics Reviews | |
| Boston Globe, Mark Feeney "Theron is good, but ever since Monster’ she’s been on a Serious Actress Addressing Serious Issues kick that’s begun to seem like automatic pilot." | B- |
| Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert "...a frustrating exercise in self-indulgence by writer-director Guillermo Arriaga." | C+ |
| Chicago Tribune, Matt Pais "Misery! Pain! More misery! Hope? Movie over." | F |
| Filmcritic.com, Chris Cabin "...the work of a writer stuck in his own narrative tempest and a novice director without a beacon." | C- |
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