Blonde

As a young girl, when BLONDE begins, Norma Jean (Lily Fisher) suffers abuse from her unstable mother (Julianne Nicholson) and, absent a father in her life, is sent to live in an orphanage. When she grows up, Norma Jean transforms into Marilyn Monroe (Ana de Armas), first as a pin-up model and eventually as a movie star and celebrity icon known to millions. But for Norma Jean, Marilyn is a construction, a character she turns on when the cameras light up. The dichotomy of her two personas, and the ways Marilyn is exploited and abused by almost everyone around her, ultimately wear Norma Jean down. She's unsuccessful in her constant search for a father figure and someone to respect and love her for who she is when the cameras are turned off. Norma Jean can't escape Marilyn, so Marilyn must escape.