Andrew Dominik’s Blonde shows Ana de Armas’ Marilyn Monroe battling her demons since childhood. Abusive relationships, an absentee father, and the constant objectification that resulted in near-oppressive stardom, she goes through it all. However, they take a toll on America’s icon, who eventually commits suicide in real life. The film, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same name, shows de Armas’ character meeting a similar fate. 

Monroe goes through several abortions, a miscarriage, two failed marriages, and other failed relationships. However, the last straw is when she discovers the letters from her father were false. They were being sent by Cass Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin’s son, with whom she had an entanglement that involved another man. Upon reading the letter, she starts consuming pills along with alcohol. 

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The actor starts by the poolside but eventually makes it to her bedroom, falls down on her bed, and tries making a phone call. However, she is left holding the receiver in her hands as her eyes close. The camera moves to the skylight, and then the sky itself, as Monroe catches a glimpse of the man whose picture her mother had shown her, telling Norma Jean he was her father. She lies still, but inside, Norma Jean curls up, holding a pillow, and dreaming of the father she never had. 

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Dominik’s Blonde becomes a girl’s quest for her father while dealing with being the most desired woman in the US. Despite Monroe’s fame and the stardom that surrounded her, Blonde ends on a note that shows the actor all alone, ensconced in silence. At the very end, the faint movement of her pet dog, and the chirping of birds are all that can be heard, as Monroe’s body lies in her bedroom. The elusive search ends in futile disappointment for a girl who remained determined in the face of many adversities.