The Cemetary Club

The Cemetary Club is a comedy-drama about Jewish widows trying to cope with single life in Pittsburgh.

Calling themselves the "The Cemetery Club" for their group visits to their late husband's graves, the three widows always then retire to Nader's Delicatessen to commiserate and swap stale jokes with garrulous waiter Al. Lucille fancying herself the flamboyant swinger, looks forward to wreaking sexual revenge on her late, unfaithful mate. Doris maintains a matronly, fiercely traditional widowhood, while Esther is somewhere in between.

A chance encounter between Esther and widowed cop-turned-cabdriver Ben at the cemetery leads to another, then to phone calls, a date, and finally an affair, shocking Lucille and Doris. Esther and Ben decide that they moved too fast and back off, but when Esther decides she's made a mistake, she finds he already has new "company." Ben tries to make amends, but this time it's Esther's turn to close the door. Following a wedding for their much-married friend Selma, the three quarrel, causing Doris to develop chest pains. Later she dies while Lucille waits with her for an ambulance. Lucille, finally admitting that she's no swinger after all, confesses that she'll miss Doris the most. Meanwhile, Ben comes to see Esther at her music store, where they reconcile and celebrate by dancing in the street.

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