Dolores Claiborne

The story of a woman accused of murder and the estranged daughter who begins to question her innocence. When Dolores Claiborne is charged with first-degree murder for the second time in her life, she summons her journalist daughter to provide her with emotional support during the ordeal. Now both women must confront the past in an effort to fathom the truth behind the deaths. From Stephen King’s novel., Creepy adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. A woman is suspected of killing her employer. When her estranged daughter returns home, she begins questioning the events that led to the death of the father she adored 15 years earlier., The story of a woman accused of murder and the estranged daughter who begins to question her innocence. When Dolores Claiborne is charged with first-degree murder for the second time in her life, she summons her journalist daughter to provide her with emotional support during the ordeal. Now both women must confront the past in an effort to fathom the truth behind the deaths., A big-city journalist discovers a terrible secret about her family’s past after her estranged mother becomes the prime suspect in the death of the elderly woman for whom she had been caring. Soon the daughter learns the details of her father’s mysterious death years before, and eventually she realizes how profoundly she misunderstood her mother., Dolores Claiborne is arrested for the murder of the wealthy woman for whom she keeps house. After 15 years away, her daughter Selena returns fearful that history may have repeated itself. Back then Dolores was arrested for killing her husband Joe but found not guilty. Like Selena, Detective Mackey believes Dolores to be a double murderess. It falls to Selena to unravel the truth., Dolores Claiborne is arrested for the murder of the wealthy woman for whom she keeps house. After 15 years away in New York, her daughter Selena returns to the island off Maine, fearful that disputed history may have repeated itself. Back then Dolores was arrested for killing her deadbeat drunk of a husband Joe but found not guilty. Like Selena, Detective Mackey believes Dolores to be a double murderess. It falls to Selena, forcing herself to listen to her mother and recover buried traumas, to unravel the truth., A daughter who has come to imagine the worst about her mother learns the facts are quite different — and more shocking than she ever imagined — in this adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling novel. Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) has spent nearly a quarter of a century looking after a mean-spirited woman named Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt) on a small island off the coast of Maine; when Vera is found dead after falling down a flight of stairs, Dolores is considered a prime suspect in her murder. Word of the affair reaches New York-based journalist Selena St. George (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Dolores’s estranged daughter. Though she’s about to leave on an important assignment, Selena instead flies to Maine to find out what’s happened with her mother. Selena’s father, Joe St. George (David Strathairn), died under mysterious circumstances 15 years before; more than a few people believe Dolores killed Joe, and many feel she did the same with Vera. Though the strong and tough-talking Dolores stands her ground, police detective John Mackey (Christopher Plummer) is convinced that there’s more to her story than she’s letting on, and in time Selena learns the ugly truth about her mother’s connection to both deaths. This was Kathy Bates’s second starring role in a film based on Stephen King’s work; she earned an Academy Award for her breakthrough role in the movie version of King’s Misery.