The Tale of Ruby Rose 36 years old

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.

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The Tale of Ruby Rose Cast

Name Character
Chris Haywood He was 40, now 76 years old as Henry Rose
Melita Jurišić as Ruby Rose
Sheila Florance She was 72, 75 years old when she died as Großmutter
Rod Zuanic as Gem
Martyn Sanderson He was 50, 71 years old when he died as Bennett

The Tale of Ruby Rose Crew

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The Tale of Ruby Rose (36 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, May 25, 1988
  • Runtime: 100 minutes