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The Burning Plain (2008)

Directed by Guillermo Arriaga · Cinematography by Robert Elswit

R107 min61 frames

DramaRomanceCrime

Their passion has marked them for life.

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The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a sheer white curtain covering a window. A woman with wavy hair stands in…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A remote, dry dirt road stretches through a sparsely vegetated desert landscape under daylight. A man…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room with simple wall paneling holds a large couch and armchair. A group of five people…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A vast, arid desert plain extends towards distant hazy mountains under a pale sky. Two people sit low…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: medium — A cluttered, rustic mobile home interior features a dartboard on the wall and bottles. A man and…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A rustic mobile home interior features a fur pelt mounted on the beige wall. A woman sits on a bed…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A silver pickup truck is parked in a vast, dry desert landscape with sparse bushes. A young man lies…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with walls decorated with photographs and framed mementos. A middle-aged woman…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: closeup — A woman stands in the darkness at night overlooking a distant city. Blurred points of light from an…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — An abandoned mobile home sits in a sparse desert landscape beneath a rugged hill. The structure is…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: establishing — A desolate desert landscape framed by large, rocky mountains under a clear blue sky. A small…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room features a bed positioned beneath a window covered by sheer curtains. The woman sits…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: establishing — A retro neon sign stands prominently in front of a gray, overcast sky. Utility poles and bare…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: establishing — A vast, brown, harvested crop field is viewed from directly overhead. A small agricultural…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a woman looking through a window with a screen. She is standing indoors during…The Burning Plain (2008) movie still: wide — A dark rocky shoreline sits beside a turbulent gray sea under an overcast sky. A woman in a blue…
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What is The Burning Plain about?

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

The Burning Plain is a 2008 drama film directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga and starring Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger and Joaquim de Almeida. In Arriaga's directorial debut, he films a story that has multipart story strands woven together as in his previous screenplays. Filming of The Burning Plain began in New Mexico in November 2007, and the film was released in late 2008 in various festivals, before a limited theatrical release in 2009 by Magnolia Pictures. The film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing $5.5 million against a $20 million budget.

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What does the cinematography of The Burning Plain look like?

Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of The Burning Plain leans on medium shots (34% of the sample) and wide compositions (34%). Cinematographer Robert Elswit keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 64% of the frames play in daylight. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Burning Plain?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Burning Plain (2008) are #54514c, #313231, #d3d1cc, #a5998b, #75756f, #938777 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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