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2008 – The Burning Plain

Jennifer as Mariana

Directed by: Guillermo Arriaga
Written by: Guillermo Arriaga
Produced by: Charlize Theron, Mark Cuban
Production year: 2008
Original release: September 18, 2009 (USA)
Running time: 1 hour, 51 minutes
Other cast: Charlize Theron, John Corbett, José María Yazpik
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In the present, Sylvia (Charlize Theron) appears to lead a confident life as a restaurant manager but she cleverly hides her promiscuity, self-mutilation, and suicidal impulses. In the past a young girl named Mariana (Jennifer Lawrence) tries to figure out why her mother (Kim Basinger) began an affair as she enters into a relationship with the son of her mother’s lover. The threads of these dysfunctional lives are increasingly tied into a potent knot.