Name: Burn Country
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-12-09

Burn Country (2016)

Genre

Drama

Release Date

December 9, 2016

Studio

Orion Pictures

Information

Genre

Drama

Release Date

December 9, 2016

MPAA Rating

Duration

102 minute(s)

Production Budget

Studio

Orion Pictures

Official Site

Cast and Crew

Director

Ian Olds

Producer

Caroline von Kuhn, Jennifer Glynn

Screenwriter

Paul Felten, Ian Olds

Starring

Dominic Rains
Melissa Leo as Gloria
James Franco as Lindsay
Rachel Brosnahan as Sandra
Tom O'Reilly
James Oliver Wheatley
Wendy Vanden Heuvel

Synopsis

Inspired by Ian Olds' 2009 documentary "Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi," which explored the 2007 kidnapping of one of Afghanistan's best "fixers" - individuals hired by foreign journalists to facilitate, translate and gain access for their stories.

It follows Osman, an Afghan journalist exiled from his war-torn country to a small bohemian community in Northern California. When he attempts to turn his menial job on the local police blotter into "Afghan-style" coverage of local crime, he gets drawn into the backwoods of this small town - a shadow Northern California where sex is casual, true friendship is hard to come by and an unfamiliar form of violence lurks all around.