Ruby and Rata
1990
⏱️ 111 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaComedy
Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into arson and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew is a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the '80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves.
Cast
Crew
Director
Gaylene Preston
Writer
Gaylene Preston
Producer
Robin Laing
Production
Preston-Laing Productions, New Zealand Film Commission
Keywords
woman directorlandlady tenant relationshiptroublemakerelderly lady