Jolene Subtitles
Rated: R. Author E.L. Doctorows acclaimed short story Jolene: A Life gets the big screen treatment in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremonts director Dan Irelands independent drama about life on the road. Jolene Jessica Chastain is a red-haired wanderer who isnt 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. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
