Jolene

Based on a short story by author E.L. Doctorow, this meditative drama follows a 15-year-old girl (Jessica Chastain) who embarks on a 10-year, cross-country journey and meets a firebrand Texan (Dermot Mulroney) and a former mobster (Chazz Palminteri)., Author E.L. Doctorow’s acclaimed short story Jolene: A Life gets the big screen treatment in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont’s director Dan Ireland’s independent drama about life on the road. Jolene (Jessica Chastain) is a red-haired wanderer who isn’t content to call one place home for any expended stretch of time. Setting off to explore the outside world at age fifteen, the free-spirited teen embarks on a decade-long cross-country of adventure which finds her crossing the paths of everyone from a firebrand Texan (Dermont Mulroney) who steals her heart and destroys her marriage to his wealthy fundamentalist nephew (Michael Vartan), to an ex-mobster (Chazz Palminteri) attempting to make good in Las Vegas. Denise Richards, Rupert Friend, and Theresa Russell co-star in a film adapted from the story by screenwriter Dennis Yares., A 15-year-old girl embarks on a 10-year, cross-country journey and encounters a firebrand Texan and a former mobster.