Summary of movie Gal Young Un (1979)
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Based on the 1933 O Henry Award winning short story by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Gal Yonug Un is as close to an honest and loving treatment of backwoods Florida c.1930 as you will ever see.
Victor Nunez, a Florida native, has spent his career interpreting Floridas varied and little known histories and palces through film. A Flash of Green, Ruby in Paradise, and Ulees Gold all followed from that masterful director after his early days with Gal Young Un. Partially financed with a state arts grant associated with the US Bicentennial in 1976, Nunez had few dollars but unlimited insight for the characters and for Rawlings, and thats what makes it a great film.
Mattie is a widow living alone in the Florida pine woods. She has money, but never goes to town, never sees others, simply goes abuot her day has she had when her husband was alive. Along comes Trax, a smooth talking minor player in the bootleg business with high hopes of being a player. The story that follows includes some of the rcihest characters youll ever see, including the gal young un that Trax brings home to Matties condo.
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Gal Young Un (1979)
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