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Originally conceived as a TV series, Gaylene Preston's comedy was a local hit, uplifting recession-era audiences with a plucky misfits saga. Ruby (Yvonne Lawley), 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 (What Now's Simon Barnett) 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 in this Graeme Tetley-penned tale.
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Television, 1982 (Full Length)
Another commanding Yvonne Lawley role
Television, 1991 (Full Length Episode)
Simon Barnett as a kids' TV host
Television, 1993 (Full Length Episode)
Presented by Simon Barnett
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Director Gaylene Preston has been stretching New Zealand film in new directions since her early short films and her first feature, the genre and...
1990 New Zealand Film Awards
Best Male Performance: Lee Mete-Kingi
Editing: Paul Sutorius
Film Score: Jonathan Crayford
Contribution to a Soundtrack: Kit Rollings
Nominated for Best Film, Director, Screenplay, Female Performance (Yvonne Lawley) and Cinematography
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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