Drama ·Comedy · New Zealand · 1990 · 1h 51m

Ruby and Rata

Director

Cast

Yvonne Lawley as Ruby Vanessa Rare as Rata Lee Metekingi as Willie Simon Barnett as Buckle Deben Bhattacharya as Ramesh Roussel Dubois as Sike

Crew

Paul Sutorius — Editor Gaylene Preston — Writer Robin Laing — Producer Robert Gillies — Production Design

Tagline

An old lady, a would-be rock singer, and a delinquent child... with more in common than they realise.

Synopsis

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.

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