Ruby and Rata
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“An old lady, a would-be rock singer, and a delinquent child... with more in common than they realise.”
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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Cast
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Yvonne Lawley
Ruby
Known for
The Tommyknockers
Vanessa Rare
Rata
Also in
The Gone
Rūrangi
Robin Laing
Gaylene Preston
Leon Narbey
Lee Metekingi
Willie
No other roles listed
Graeme Tetley
Paul Sutorius
Simon Barnett
Buckle
Also in
The Holy Roller
Deben Bhattacharya
Ramesh
Roussel Dubois
Sike
Also in
Xena: Warrior Princess
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Russell Smith
Social Worker
Gaylene Preston Director · Paul Sutorius Editor Robert Gillies Production designer
First release July 14, 1990 · Produced in New Zealand · Production New Zealand Film Commission
Production
Preston-Laing Productions
Production
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
New Zealand
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · July 14, 1990
Premiere · Wellington Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 10, 1990 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Hungary
February 28, 1996 · TV premiere
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