Gal Young Un
Gal Young 'Un is a 1979 American drama film directed by Victor Nuñez.
Plot
In the Prohibition in [the United States|Prohibition era], the late 1920s, in the backwoods country of Florida, Mattie, an independent, middle-aged, pipe-smoking widow, lives alone. She has given up society, but is a woman of property.A man named Trax appears, in need of money, and courts Mattie, who is old enough to be his mother. Mattie is charmed by his youth. When Mattie asks why he'd want to marry someone as old and tired as she is, Trax says, "Why not? There's not a thing wrong with you."
Trax marries Mattie and starts to spend her money on drink. He brings home a teenager to work as a housekeeper. She is young and giggly, and Mattie resents her; Trax obviously prefers the gal young-un and intends to move her into Mattie's home as his new partner. The girl appears very innocent, and Mattie is also angry at Trax for eagerly exploiting such a young woman, and realizes she has similarly been taken in by his charm.
The movie ends with Trax run off by Mattie holding a shotgun. She tells the girl to leave, go away and follow him, but Gal Young-Un replies: "He don't want me" and sits on Mattie's porch until she finally invites her in and gives her supper.
The ending of the movie has the two women sitting by the fire together, the young girl petting a cat, as Mattie says to the purring cat: "It's nice to have people around, isn't it?"