The final few minutes of the film are an unconvincing wish
fulfillment of a happy ending, almost cynically devised given that all these years later, Gordon hasn't changed.
Her story (whose theme, by the way, is «the lot
of single women in rural Palestine») may seem to have a
happy ending, but don't be fooled, girls; The Book
of Ruth is actually «a pernicious, exploitative tract,» reinforcing the idea that «a woman's happiness and
fulfillment require men, that is, a husband and sons.»