Ruth is the story of a painful adolescence. Ruth decides on a whim to leave her small village in the Bas Saint-Laurent for the "real world" of the big city, Montreal. There she meets up with her brother, Jean-Paul. Her many lovers range from one-night stands like Bernard to Yves and Robert, who are briefly in her life. Passionate, anticonformist Ruth has to contend with her brother's ferocious jealousy - he goes as far as attacking Robert, his best friend. Robert, completely baffled by Ruth's cynical recklessness, finally pushes her away. Ruth continues her struggle to find absolute love. She clings passionately, clumsily and shamelessly to those she loves and those she doesn't, in frenzied desperation. Continually disappointed and shut out by the "real world," she chooses a way out that is typically extreme...
Directed by François Delisle
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Related
Jonathan
For My Country
Thank You, Life
Vanya on 42nd Street
In Praise of Love
The Scapegoat
Ice Castles
The Browning Version
Another World
All Together Now
At Work
The Last Bus
Haute Couture
Lady Driver
Good Day, Ramon
Poor Cow