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The Cemetery Club is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Bill Duke released in USA on 3 february 1993 with Olympia Dukakis
The Cemetery Club (1993)
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Add to a movie listThe Cemetery Club is a 1993 film directed by Bill Duke.
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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.Actors
Olympia Dukakis
(Doris Silverman)
Ellen Burstyn
(Esther Moskowitz)
Diane Ladd
(Lucille Rubin)
Danny Aiello
(Ben Katz)
Lainie Kazan
(Selma)
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