Dolores Claiborne

Suspected of killing Vera Donovan (Judy Parfitt), her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) tells police detective John Mackey (Christopher Plummer) the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George (David Straithairn), thirty years earlier. Complicating matters is the return of her estranged daughter, Selena St. George (Jennifer Jason Leigh), after a 15 year year absence. As the story unfolds, Selena is forced to face demons from her past and in the process discovers a side of her mother (and father) she had refused to acknowledge while growing up.