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.
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
