Jolene (film)

Jolene is a 2008 American drama film directed by Dan Ireland. It stars Jessica Chastain as the titular character and is based on the short story Jolene A Life by E. L. Doctorow, itself inspired by Dolly Partons song, Jolene. It premiered onJune 2008 at the Seattle International Film Festival where Chastain won the Best Actress award. It was later released in the United States onOctober 2010.

Jolene next ends up in a Southwestern state, and works as a waitress at an outdoor diner, where she meets Coco Leger Rupert Friend, an aspiring musician and tattoo artist. A relationship blooms and Jolene becomes a tattoo artist at the tattoo parlor Coco works at. After passing out and having sex, Coco is revealed to have a big addiction to cocaine, and supports his habit and the parlor by dealing cocaine. One evening, a young woman enters the parlor and declares herself to be his wife, Marin, and introduces his son, Coco Jr. Coco returns and is confronted by both women, before he walks out with Marin and the baby. In a rage, Jolene destroys the parlor, dumps the cocaine on a table, steals the money and dumps her ring in the center of the cocaine, before dialing 911 and fleeing the scene.Next, Jolene ends up in Las Vegas, working as an erotic dancer when she meets Sal Fontaine, a mobster. She moves into his high rise condo and at his insistence, quits dancing. It is revealed that Jolene has continued her art, improving. One morning, Sal demands Jolene dress, go downstairs and wait for him. She falls asleep in the restaurant and quietly returns to find Sal dead and the mob still in the condo looking for something. Jolene escapes and ends up boarding a bus to Tulsa. ........

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