The Director: Visionary and perverse, he coaxes and prods his cast and crew as he tries to bend them to his will. The Actress: Ravishingly beautiful, she despises the filmmaker almost as much as she fears him. The Cinematographer: He clashes with the director's spontaneous and provocative filmmaking methods. As the cameras roll on a desolate stretch of Mexican Coast, a terrifying scenario unfolds - and art becomes a matter of life and death.