Ruby Blue

Friday November 14, 2008
5:00pm

UK, 2008, 112 Minute Running Time
Language: English

Director: Jan Dunn

Tickets: $9.00

Bob Hoskins and Josiane Balasko (who also starred as the butch dyke who seduces housewife Victoria Abril in French Twist) deliver commanding performances as a depressed English widower and a transgender, transplanted Frenchwoman who become the targets of gossip, slander and worse. Wounded but wise, their friendship becomes the catalyst for a personal and communal awakening in their picturesque, conservative seaside town.

Jack can't shake his funk after his wife dies, sequestering himself in his house and even ignoring the beloved flock of racing pigeons he keeps out back. But a couple of new neighbors, including the irrepressible eight-year-old Florrie, rekindle his enthusiasm for life. Middle-aged divorcee Stephanie reaches out to Jack as well, hand-delivering savory French meals and gently encouraging his mentoring of an erstwhile teenage delinquent and a bumpy reconciliation with his estranged adult son.