The Old Settler (2001)

The Old Settler is the story of two middleaged sisters Elizabeth and Quilly who share an apartment in Harlem in 1943 The sisters quarrel amiably but they share a wounded history that becomes revealed as the tale unfolds An earnest but unworldly young man named Husband travels up from the South to board with the sisters while he searches for his beloved Lou Bessie who left their small town a few years back to find a new life Husband would like to bring Lou Bessie back home but shes enamored with the excitement of the city and her plans are more complicated In time Elizabeth and Husband begin a courtship that may or may not overcome their considerable age difference while Quilly reacts disapprovingly