Of Cats and Daughters (1970)

Adea loves playing soccer with the boys and wearing short sports pants. However, her mom disapproves and forbids her to do so. Real girls don't play football neither walk around dressed like little dudes. To escape her mother's aggressive outbursts, she finds comfort in her granny's loving companion. When one day Nona falls dead in the garden, Adea loses her one and only ally.