Ruby and Rata (movie)
- User score: 5
- Production country: New Zealand
- Producer: Gaylene Preston
- Production companies: Preston-Laing Productions, New Zealand Film Commission
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Release date: 7/14/1990
- Run time: 111 min.
Movie description
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.
