The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Melita Jurišić

Ruby Rose

Chris Haywood

Henry Rose

Rod Zuanic

Gem

Martyn Sanderson

Bennett

Sheila Florance

Großmutter

Sheila Kennelly

Cook

John McKelvey

Tasker

Wilkie Collins

Father

Nell Dobson

Mrs. Bennett

Terry Garcia

Vassi

Marie-Rose Jones

Singer

Graham Davis

Town Man

Director & Crew

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