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Wikipedia article




'Ruby and Rata' is a 1990 New Zealand comedy-drama film, directed and produced by Gaylene Preston.

Plot summary



Ruby (Yvonne Lawley) is an 83-year-old woman who has just failed her driving test and is worried about her ability to cope with day-to-day life at her age. She asks her nephew Buckle (Simon Barnett), posing as a real estate agent, to arrange to lease part of the house she owns to a potential housemate to assist her with various chores. The new tenant is Rata (Vanessa Rare)a well-dressed, smooth-talking young woman of Mori descent who works for a large finance company. Once she has moved in, it becomes apparent that Rata is actually a cleaner at the firm, has a young son named Willie (Lee Metekingi), and is in trouble with social services over welfare payments. Rata is also hoping to make it big as a singer in a punk band, The Apocalypse, which is reliant on her accessing the supposed "fortune" of her new housemate/landlady to pay for sound equipment. An unusual relationship develops between Ruby, Rata and Willie, with each of them manipulating the others in some way, but forming a bond and dependence on each other.

Cast



* Yvonne Lawley Ruby

* Vanessa Rare Rata

* Lee Metekingi Willie

* Simon Barnett Buckle

Production



'Ruby and Rata' was filmed in and around the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert.

It was the second film made by Preston-Laing Productions (Gaylene Preston and Robin Laing), the first being the 1986 horror film 'Mr. Wrong'.

Awards



'Ruby and Rata' won four awards at the 1990 NZ Film Awards: Best Editing, Best Soundtrack, Best Film Score and Best Performance (Male).

References




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