The Tale of Ruby Rose

The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988)

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The year is 1933. Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) is an Australian woman living with her Welsh immigrant husband Henry (Chris Haywood) in the Tasmanian highlands. Cut off from her superjudgmental family, for whom Henry had once worked as a humble farm hand, Ruby remains isolated in her tiny house. Superstitiously terrified of the dark, she begins developing her own folklore about the inky blackness that surrounds her each night; this folklore eventually develops into Ruby's own personal religion, created to ward off the evils that she imagines lurk in every corner. Only by venturing out of her house and rekindling her relationship with her embittered father is Ruby able to exorcise her fears. Almost hypnotic in its stark beauty, Tale of Ruby Rose is proof enough that writer/director Roger Scholes deserves to be far better known.

Director: Roger Scholes

Casts

	Melita Jurišić as Ruby Rose
	Chris Haywood as Henry Rose
	Rod Zuanic as Gem
	Martyn Sanderson as Bennett
	Sheila Florance as Großmutter
	Sheila Kennelly as Cook
	John McKelvey as Tasker
	Wilkie Collins as Father
	Nell Dobson as Mrs. Bennett
	Terry Garcia as Vassi
	Marie-Rose Jones as Singer
	Graham Davis as Town Man
	Phil Hammomd as Dead Bennett

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