The Film
Dolores Claiborne
Sometimes, an accident can be an unhappy woman's best friend.
The Story
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
awestruck antagonistic bank account anti-depressant abusive husband accident angry macabre alcoholic father anger maid reporter domestic violence maine murder alcoholism lawsuit dysfunctional family melancholy abusive father suspicion of murder detective based on novel or book island child abuse depression

Directed by
Taylor Hackford
Written byTony Gilroy
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