The Tattooed Widow (1998)
- Original title
- Den tatuerade änkan
- Directed by
- Lars Molin
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An older woman in a stagnant marriage inherits money and an apartment from a relative. The inheritance allows her to pursue the dreams she had set aside.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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