The Tattooed Widow (1998)

Name: The Tattooed Widow
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-03-10

1h 39m

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March 10, 1998
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Plot.

Ester is the perfect grandmother everyone expects her to be. But she unexpectedly inherits an old aunt and gets a big apartment and a lot of money. She decides to leave her husband, children and grandchildren to start her life over. Before long, she has four men who court her and she feels young once again.

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Release Date
March 10, 1998

Original Name
Den tatuerade änkan

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 39m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

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The Tattooed Widow (Swedish: Den tatuerade änkan) is a Swedish International Emmy Award winning TV movie from 1998, written and directed by Lars Molin.

The film is centered on the sexagenarian (60+) woman Ester, played by Mona Malm. Ester lives in a somewhat failed marriage where she is expected to take care of the household and be a good grandmother. But when a female relative, Aunt Agnes, dies, everything changes. Agnes' death and a lot of money and a big apartment that Ester inherits from her offers Ester new possibilities and becomes an impulse for her to live her dreams.

In 1999 The Tattooed Widow was awarded an Emmy Award for best international TV movie.