Norma Jean & Marilyn
Marilyn Monroe was our fantasy. Norma Jean was her reality.
A melancholic biographical portrait of Marilyn Monroe's rise and fall, exploring the gap between public fantasy and private suffering.
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Essence
Ensemble
Ashley Judd
Norma Jean Dougherty
Mira Sorvino
Marilyn Monroe
Josh Charles
Eddie Jordan
Ron Rifkin
Johnny Hyde
David Dukes
Arthur Miller
Peter Dobson
Joe DiMaggio
Taylor Nichols
Fred Karger
John Rubinstein
Darryl Zanuck
Allan Corduner
Billy Wilder
Dana Goldstone
Lee Strasberg
Micole Mercurio
Mozelle Hyde
Lindsay Crouse
Natasha Lytess
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