"The Burning Plain," the little-seen directorial debut of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ("21 Grams") represents independent filmmaking at its most earnest. Everyone and everything in the film is beautiful and sad, from its bare-faced characters to its desultory settings to its devastating situations. And it works. Mostly.
The Burning Plain
The Burning Plain
The Burning Plain
"The Burning Plain," the little-seen directorial debut of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ("21 Grams") represents independent filmmaking at its most earnest. Everyone and everything in the film is beautiful and sad, from its bare-faced characters to its desultory settings to its devastating situations. And it works. Mostly.