Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine.
When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter
Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter.
In
the course of working out the details of what has happened, as well as some
shady questions from the past and Selina's troubled childhood, many difficult
truths are revealed about their family's domestic strife. This is cleverly
portrayed with present reality shot in cool blue tones blending seamlessly
into flashbacks shot in vivid color. As small town justice relentlessly grinds
forward, surprises lie in store for the viewers....