Ruby Blue opens in selected cinemas across the UK from April 25th 2008, screening through to and including September 2008.

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Synopsis

We all face the future with a past

At 65, Jack (Bob Hoskins) is consumed by past guilt and regret. His strained relationship with his son is severed on the death of his wife. Jack is lost and alone in his self loathing, and spirals into decline. Hope arrives in the unlikely form of eight-year-old, Florrie, a soft-natured girl who moves in next door and delights in his long neglected racing pigeon Ruby.

When his glamorous French neighbour, Stephanie (Josiane Balasko) takes pity on him, Jack cannot help but fall for her charms. Encouraged by Stephanie, Jack helps a local hooligan by giving him his prized Ruby. When an innocent friendship with Florrie is thrown into question and Stephanie reveals a well kept secret, Jack's life is thrown into turmoil once again. Jack finally cracks, consumed with sadness and humiliation, until tragedy forces him to confront his prejudices, face his fears and challenge those around him in a bid to win back Stephanie's love.

  • A tiny film with a big heart
  • - BBC Breakfast TV
  • A warmly human story about loneliness, love and life in the raw
  • - Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard
  • Hoskins & Balasko excel in a defly delivered film
  • - Sunday Express
  • One of Bob's very best performances, up there with Mona Lisa
  • - Lorraine Kelly, The Sun