Ruby and Rata

Year: 1990

Runtime: 111 mins

Language: English

Director: Gaylene Preston

DramaComedy

An unlikely trio—an 83‑year‑old woman avoiding a retirement home, a would‑be rock‑singer mother, and her son—share more than they realise. Ruby rents a room to Rata, who mixes gigs with benefit fraud. The boy dabbles in arson and shoplifting, while Ruby’s nephew flounders as a yuppie wannabe. In the ’80s economy scrap by on wits and find cause.

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