Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman’s murder, Dolores’ daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. In the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some shady questions from the past and Selina’s troubled childhood, many difficult truths are revealed about their family’s domestic strife. This is cleverly portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly into flashbacks shot in vivid color. As small town justice relentlessly grinds forward, surprises lie in store for the viewers….
Release Date: 24 March 1995Runtime: 132 min
Stars:
- Bob Gunton
- Christopher Plummer
- David Strathairn
- Ellen Muth
- Eric Bogosian
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- John C. Reilly
- Judy Parfitt
- Kathy Bates
- Kelly Burnett
- Roy Cooper
- Ruth Marshall
- Tom Gallant
- Wayne Robson
- Weldon Allen
Director: Taylor Hackford
