Olive Kitteridge

From Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning book comes this four-part miniseries that tells the sweet, funny, tragic story of the denizens of a seemingly placid New England town, as seen through the eyes of Olive, a woman whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. Oscar(R) winner Frances McDormand and Oscar(R) nominee Richard Jenkins star in this drama which spans 25 years and focuses on the middle-school math teacher and her relationships with her good-hearted husband Henry (Jenkins), their son Christopher, and other denizens in a community wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy. Co-starring Bill Murray, John Gallagher Jr., Rosemarie DeWitt, Peter Mullan, Zoe Kazan, Jesse Plemons, Ann Dowd, Brady Corbet. Directed by Lisa Cholodenko; teleplay by Jane Anderson, based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout.