the cemetery club

Director: bill duke

Actor: ellen burstyn,olympia dukakis,diane ladd,danny aiello

Data Published: Fri Feb 12 1993

Genres: Comedy

Key Words: jewish shiva,widow,jewish,loss of husband,loss of friend

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106536/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cemetery_Club

Description: The Cemetery Club is a movie starring Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, and Diane Ladd. This comedy filled with much Jewish humor is about the widows Doris, Ester and Lucille, whose husbands die one after another in just a few years....

Plot: Based on the play by Ivan Menchell, this comedy-drama concerns three friends, Doris (Olympia Dukakis), Lucille (Diane Ladd), and Esther (Ellen Burstyn). All three live in the same Jewish community in Pittsburgh, are in their mid-to-late 50s, and have become widows within the past few years. Once a week, they gather to visit their husbands' graves and meet at a deli afterward to talk about their lives. Doris remains fiercely devoted to her late husband and takes her responsibilities as a widow seriously. Lucille is eager to get her feet back in the waters of dating, partly as revenge against her late husband, who often cheated on her, and partly because she's very lonely by herself. Esther is also not used to being alone after 39 years of marriage, but she doesn't feel ready to start dating again, at least not until she meets Ben (Danny Aiello), a former cop turned cab driver who gradually but firmly eases his way into her life. Doris is appalled when she discovers that Esther is dating again and loudly protests that she's being disrespectful to her late husband, while Lucille is more than a bit jealous that Esther snagged a good man before she could. All of which comes to fruition at the wedding of their friend Selma (Lainie Kazan). Jerry Orbach and Lee Richardson appear in a brief prologue sequence.