The Burning Plain

The Burning Plain is a 2008 American drama film directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga and starring Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger and Joaquim de Almeida.

Typical of Arriaga's works, this film is told in a nonlinear narrative, where events are revealed out of sequence.

Knowing the two are inside, and in an effort to make them end their affair, she disconnects the gas pipe leading into the trailer and sets it on fire.

The flames eventually reach a gas tank, which explodes, consuming the entire trailer and claiming Nick and Gina's lives, although Mariana had no intention of killing either of them.

The Burning Plain was written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga in his directorial debut after writing the screenplays for director Alejandro González Iñárritu's films Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Babel (2006).

The website's critics consensus reads: "This heavily symbolic, melodramatic multi-narrative drama lacks emotional resonance.

[10] Of the most positive reviews, David Gritten writing for The Daily Telegraph decided that it "has all the right credentials: it is serious-minded and dramatic, with universal themes and a clutch of fine acting performances.

"[11] Wendy Ide, writing for The Times, stated that it is an "elegantly structured tale of lives laced together with tragedy and guilt."

"[12] According to Time Out, "Arriaga has delivered a compelling and entertaining debut that stays true to his earlier interests.