Ruby | Irish short film about life, love, anniversaries and strange gifts

2022 ж. 23 Қаз.
223 528 Рет қаралды

In this charming festival favourite, Len and Ruby are celebrating their ruby wedding anniversary. Len has a history of odd and outlandish gifts. Ruby hopes that this year will be different and that he'll arrange something "nice and normal".
Winner - Boston Irish Film Festival - Director’s Choice Short
Winner - Ridgefield Independent Film Festival - Best Comedy Short
Winner - Badalona Film Festival - Best Actor (Joint)
Winner - Baton Rouge Film Festival - Audience Award
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  • Had me crying and laughing as well and both at the same time. My wife and I are both in our early 50's and have been married for 32 years. We even dated for 5 years before we married and we have never seen such an accurate depiction of ourselves in a film about two people in love. The man who wrote this must love his wife very much and know true happiness. This was honest and humble. I think I just learned to appreciate life a little more. My wife and I have actually never been happier or more in love than we are today. We also recently found out we will be grandparents soon. So nice to share this life with an Irish Lady. I looked this up because I know the Irish have a way with poetry and my wife is Irish. I hoped to find something good and got more than I could have imagined. Very well done.

    @paulmerritt2484@paulmerritt2484 Жыл бұрын
    • Hi Paul. Yvonne Merritt here. Your love is rare and highly desired!

      @YM-wj2dr@YM-wj2dr Жыл бұрын
    • Many, many more years together be yours, my friend!

      @ittybittykittymama7582@ittybittykittymama7582 Жыл бұрын
    • Most beautiful, honest, deeply loving, appreciative, heartfelt, sweet comment I've seen anywhere on KZhead this week!💖 Bless your growing family always, from an Irish lady! 💚🍀

      @joanneweiss3864@joanneweiss3864 Жыл бұрын
    • Same here friend!

      @Kay-mj5qm@Kay-mj5qm Жыл бұрын
    • Same here Paul, been married 44 yrs. More in love today than 44 yrs. ago. It is a deeper love, a mutual respect. One son and two grand kids that are old enough now to have kids of their own. I turn 70 and my wife is 5 yrs. and a week younger. Cheers Paul.

      @michaelsmith2733@michaelsmith273310 ай бұрын
  • 2nd beautiful short film ... the 1st was "Love at First Sight" ... both with the message of love and friendship...thank you.

    @madeleinebelle2105@madeleinebelle2105 Жыл бұрын
  • Hilariously lovely! I lost my beautiful Sandra in January. We were together 41 years. Hurt is still here, but this helps immensely. Thank you.❤️

    @charlesharper7292@charlesharper7292 Жыл бұрын
    • Genuine.. heartfelt empathy 😢🫶🙏🇨🇦

      @cherisparkes4447@cherisparkes4447 Жыл бұрын
  • I love the way they talked through the tension. And reminded each other of why they love each other even when they each get it wrong. Gorgeous. I want to build a relationship like this.

    @janewelsh8578@janewelsh8578 Жыл бұрын
    • I had a similar relationship, but lost her 3 years ago ... wonderful memories.

      @richardbay6241@richardbay624112 күн бұрын
  • Well, here's me crying. Such a beautiful love story!

    @anngreen3495@anngreen3495 Жыл бұрын
  • My Mom just passed at 93 years of age. My Dad is 98. Just in time, my sister and I convinced them to be buried in the Veteran’s cemetery.it is beautiful and beautifully maintained. My Dad is having a hard time with Mom’s passing.

    @LS-ek1fd@LS-ek1fd Жыл бұрын
  • I've seen a few shorts today, and this was the best. Yes, I cried. Yes, I laught. This was good.

    @sylviajohnsen@sylviajohnsen Жыл бұрын
  • This film is so beautiful! It made me laugh and cry at the same time. Remembering my Love who sadly passed away 3 years ago. The longer we were married the better it got. He drove me bonkers sometimes but I would never have exchanged him for any other man. He was the Love of my Life and I miss him terribly!!!❤

    @christinefleming9812@christinefleming9812 Жыл бұрын
  • superb film. Thank you! Married 32 years and I tell my wife I love her pretty much most days.

    @ZoomStranger@ZoomStranger Жыл бұрын
  • As a widow I really enjoyed this! I love how they ended up together. It's a very lonely road alone without my spouse.

    @kimberlybrink1400@kimberlybrink1400 Жыл бұрын
  • Crying from laughing and from sadness. What a beautiful movie. My parents are 84 and 81 and i've been trying to prepare myself for their leaving. Thank you for making this movie

    @lenoraqereqeretabua5614@lenoraqereqeretabua5614 Жыл бұрын
    • My mother is 82. I can’t imagine anything happening to her. Ni always thought I’d die before her

      @PolGara0139@PolGara0139 Жыл бұрын
    • @Linda Hebert 💜💫💜

      @MamaMudskipper@MamaMudskipper Жыл бұрын
    • Me too, the guilt is unfounded but always there.

      @jennifergooding8201@jennifergooding8201 Жыл бұрын
    • @Linda Hebert ❤hugs!!

      @brendaguerin5423@brendaguerin5423 Жыл бұрын
  • How sweet, just as it should be, if you have someone you love, cherish the time you have. It's lonely when it's gone.

    @newbatling4194@newbatling4194 Жыл бұрын
  • My old dentist at 90+ was cackling well pleased with himself. He'd just gotten what his wife always wanted....a prime site in the countryside....a double grave! When he passed away some years later his long suffering wife followed him a few days later. She was gentle elegant and kind....he was argumentative hectoring and full of mischief....the perfect match. In his surgery on a high shelf sat a magnificent carving of her beautiful head With it's plaits surrounding her lovely face in gentle repose.

    @gayprendergast7102@gayprendergast7102 Жыл бұрын
    • Its plaits. It's = it is.

      @judeirwin2222@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын
    • You should be a writer if you are not one already!

      @odetteboily3582@odetteboily3582 Жыл бұрын
    • Such a lovely moving film. People like this are the lucky ones. Someone to walk the road of life with, shoulder to shoulder in the hard times, and hand in hand in love. ❤

      @maggiefirhouse3884@maggiefirhouse38842 ай бұрын
  • What a gorgeous masterpiece.....love it....thank you for that gift🙏🌞🌞🌞❤❤

    @gabrielewolter4182@gabrielewolter4182 Жыл бұрын
  • This is my blessed parents except Mom was Irish, fun, extroverted, music theater, emotional. Dutch Dad down to earth, reserved college prof & passed 7 yrs before her. Incredible 65 yrs devoted together & I'm sure he said I've been waiting for you, Allie Mae💕

    @joanneweiss3864@joanneweiss3864 Жыл бұрын
  • The film was really sweet and nicely directed. The ending was definitely something didn't think of. Good 20 min invested. 👍

    @chandanbatra2828@chandanbatra2828 Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely believable and realistic story. Love the ending the best!

    @jacquelineconquest6218@jacquelineconquest6218 Жыл бұрын
  • Very enjoyable storyline......so very nice to see when marriage works...positive and comforting,,💕💞👍🏽

    @The88lightangel@The88lightangel Жыл бұрын
  • The beauti in this story is beyond any words. I think this is what a perfect marriage looks like.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

    @mogelendo8103@mogelendo8103 Жыл бұрын
    • It is I know first hand. Just beautiful.

      @paulmerritt2484@paulmerritt2484 Жыл бұрын
    • Yes, it's a perfect marriage and beyond.

      @angeladeleon5922@angeladeleon5922 Жыл бұрын
  • My first tears since my eye surgery. I thought I lost my tear gland. Excellent short film.

    @raulbuencamino9369@raulbuencamino9369 Жыл бұрын
  • I had no idea the story will take turn like this ! I was just crushing on Leonard badly!So Handsome ! Literally Cant stop crying watching this ! Oh my God ! This was so Beautiful and intense and most emotional thing i ever watched !!!! I m crying Rivers !!!! theres so many thoughts and feelings running in my head which are so Emotional which i cant explain ! I m just thinking when we will die and our loved ones will die and we will meet like ruby and Len and watch our own funeral, we wont be able to interact with our living loved ones while we are watching them in our funeral ! After we die Wont our Soul be so emotional when we will besides our loved ones but not able to interact with them, watching them without our souls presence felt bieng felt by them, and knowing that we are no more in the world where we were born! its heartbreaking thinking about this while watching this ! Len and Ruby talking normally through the tension is so unbelievable and lonely ! The Song and Music in the End cant stop me from Crying! The Piano and ....i go where you go.... This is Genius, Masterpiece, Legendary....never seen something so emotional like this! Actors and Makers of this short films are Genius and soo talented ! Love you Leonard and Ruby ! Love is so Magical, Precious....Love is Everything!❤❤❤❤

    @shakeshpurbhe834@shakeshpurbhe8348 ай бұрын
  • I've never felt a love like that. Not from my parents, not from my wife, not from my kids. That's what really brought a tear to my eye.

    @StephenLewisful@StephenLewisful Жыл бұрын
    • I was going to say somthing similiar. It is the one thing I pine for and then it becomes to late.

      @oneupmanship@oneupmanship5 ай бұрын
    • Think what you are doing wrong bruh

      @adribearson9712@adribearson97124 ай бұрын
    • You dont know anything about stephen or his relationships. It was unkind to assume its because he is doing something wrong. ​@adribearson9712

      @maggiefirhouse3884@maggiefirhouse38842 ай бұрын
    • @@maggiefirhouse3884 bot going to therapy can be smth worng

      @adribearson9712@adribearson97122 ай бұрын
    • Just watched this pure love film Never felt that comfort and safe Now in mid 70s wish l had 😢

      @judithmoore7941@judithmoore79412 ай бұрын
  • Brilliant. Tears laughs smiles thoughts of my life with my lady. Thank you.

    @gardengnome3249@gardengnome3249 Жыл бұрын
  • What a lovely film. Such a pleasant change from the run of the mill. Thank you

    @abigailpip112@abigailpip112 Жыл бұрын
  • Lizzie, so sweet a story. I lost my true love almost 50 years ago. Everyone loved him not just me. Left two children behind too who needed him dearly. He was the best of everything.

    @elizabethnelson4110@elizabethnelson4110 Жыл бұрын
    • Hello 👋 how are you doing?

      @franklinstephen3268@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын
  • Gorgeous film...Im from County Down and I absolutely LOVED it

    @joanmelville8310@joanmelville8310 Жыл бұрын
  • Makes me so sad I am alone. This was how it should be.

    @catisabiker@catisabiker Жыл бұрын
  • Love it, so sweet, tears on my face 😊

    @alicewu705@alicewu705 Жыл бұрын
  • So so beautiful ❤️ I'm in tears with sadness AND laughter! Beautiful acting.

    @lovehearts8486@lovehearts8486 Жыл бұрын
  • Delightful, true to life how we bicker back n forth…all the white loving our dearests. Lovely lovely film😢

    @sparkyggreatmusic450@sparkyggreatmusic450 Жыл бұрын
  • Bravo to everyone concerned. So well acted. Kate O Tool didn't lick it off a stone either. Superb! She's inherited not just his acting skills but her dad's beautiful bone structure too. Can't wait to watch her again. 🥰

    @brendacrowe5906@brendacrowe5906 Жыл бұрын
  • What a beautiful story of life!

    @mymentalasylum@mymentalasylum Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely lovely and beautiful. Thank you for the making of this wonderful shor.

    @azaleablue2261@azaleablue226119 күн бұрын
  • Adorable, delightful, tasteful...the list of compliments to this movie is endless! One can only hope that we have more genuine relationships like this in this world.

    @nvakil@nvakil Жыл бұрын
  • Such a beautiful movie, really enjoyed a lot and lift my spirt up. Thank you for making this movie.

    @sultan.sksn4246@sultan.sksn4246 Жыл бұрын
  • Beautifully executed. I hope to see full-length films from them.

    @TheDriftwoodlover@TheDriftwoodlover Жыл бұрын
  • Finding love and being loved...forever envious...

    @toniannereyes4206@toniannereyes4206 Жыл бұрын
  • This had me in floods. What a lovely story.

    @idaornstein1305@idaornstein1305 Жыл бұрын
  • Simply lovely film.

    @moonchild1518@moonchild1518 Жыл бұрын
  • Awe when will I find such true love ahh next life

    @Nazandme@Nazandme Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you so much for sharing this unusual wonderful movie

    @VJGilboy_01_10@VJGilboy_01_108 ай бұрын
  • I am so happy these gems are still shown and hope they always are. ❤️

    @donnajk4423@donnajk442311 ай бұрын
  • I'd still be mad. Yet it is a blessing to have a true love for a lifetime.

    @aeriheirsling2735@aeriheirsling2735 Жыл бұрын
  • Very emotional. We in our early sixties

    @alankanityanand3213@alankanityanand3213 Жыл бұрын
  • Can only agree with the previous comments. Celebrating a Ruby wedding is becomong a rarity. A gentle, honest and moving snapshot of a happy couple. Well done and thanks.

    @dotfogell8135@dotfogell8135 Жыл бұрын
  • This is a totally delightful film! What a joy! My appreciation goes to all involved in making it!

    @anne-mariemcinnis9143@anne-mariemcinnis9143 Жыл бұрын
    • Hi how are you doing?

      @franklinstephen3268@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын
    • @@franklinstephen3268 I am doing well, thank you.

      @anne-mariemcinnis9143@anne-mariemcinnis9143 Жыл бұрын
    • @@anne-mariemcinnis9143 it’s nice meeting with you here. Where are you texting from?

      @franklinstephen3268@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын
    • @@franklinstephen3268 is Franklin your real name? It's a nice name. Where are you texting from?

      @anne-mariemcinnis9143@anne-mariemcinnis9143 Жыл бұрын
    • @@anne-mariemcinnis9143 Yes I’m franklin from California. What about you my dear? what's your name and where are you from?

      @franklinstephen3268@franklinstephen3268 Жыл бұрын
  • No picnic in Italian Cemeteries... very beautiful location and screenplay...

    @michelecampanelli5419@michelecampanelli5419 Жыл бұрын
  • What a wonderful short film, it puts the mainstream crap to shame

    @norman7527@norman7527 Жыл бұрын
  • What a magical movie. ❤ Yes, my belief is that all we have…and need…at the end is Love. Love is eternal. Thank you for a gem of a ‘short’.

    @Mtnsunshine@Mtnsunshine Жыл бұрын
  • Loved the short film ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤both of them r such wonderful actors n loved the Irish accent 👍🏻

    @blessed9491@blessed9491 Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely wonderful!

    @jackiecampbell7903@jackiecampbell7903 Жыл бұрын
  • Great movie and actors

    @maaidakausar9802@maaidakausar9802 Жыл бұрын
  • What a precious gem of a short film! Watch the closing credits, too--so many of the people involved are all from the same family. :)

    @kellyoconnor5684@kellyoconnor5684 Жыл бұрын
    • I saw that and it made me smile. It´s a family production!

      @alexsilva-vn7jc@alexsilva-vn7jc Жыл бұрын
  • Just failed my O-chem exam I think but I thought "hey this looks like a cute video, this'll cheer me up" I think it did but why the hell I am crying so much

    @kyra5783@kyra5783 Жыл бұрын
    • There's always next time for the exam...it always comes. On the other hand, shorts like this only come along once in a great while. Dry your tears and get back to studying....you're going to do well.

      @StonesAndSand@StonesAndSand Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@StonesAndSand I saw this first thing this morning and it made me smile. I think you're doing something right in the world. Wishing you many blessings.

      @kyra5783@kyra5783 Жыл бұрын
    • You can resitBest of luck for your future

      @joanmelville8310@joanmelville8310 Жыл бұрын
    • Some exams are easier than others but in each day, you are valued and something to offer. Don’t give up.

      @margaretgaal937@margaretgaal937 Жыл бұрын
  • I’ve had that kind of love, and after my hubby passed, I didn’t think I’d survive the loss. Like Ruby and Len, he made me face the inevitable, by living in the present, ensuring happy memories, and living without regrets. You cannot imagine what a gift it was to have the coroner ask me about plans, and being able to respond to him without hesitation, as we’d discussed everything. To be alone afterwards, and reflect that everything I needed to move forward, he’d given me. Leonard Nimoy, of Doctor Spock fame, said days before he passed “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but only preserved in memory.” Thankfully mine are all happy! ❤️❤️ Happy New Year everyone!

    @Bella-gj6wc@Bella-gj6wc Жыл бұрын
  • A gem of a film! Thank you so very much!!!

    @ravensto8799@ravensto8799 Жыл бұрын
  • Iam so thankful for such an art piece.

    @aborgeshonorato@aborgeshonorato Жыл бұрын
  • What a touching and mindful gift idea! Loved their picnic. And also those ruby home-sweet-home shoes and opera cards (using ipod🤣) to please her. Beautiful couple, lovely sense of humour. Gorgeous film ❤️

    @metermorphose@metermorphose Жыл бұрын
  • Loved it. Lost my husband two years ago, and I love thinking of him waiting for me. I will catch up, darlin. Oceans of time.

    @daviecompton8539@daviecompton8539 Жыл бұрын
  • how sweet... every second of it...

    @GayaneM1@GayaneM1 Жыл бұрын
  • What a beautiful movie. The actors were fantastic. I laughed and chuckled at the cute humor, and cried at the funeral. I agree with you, Paul, what a great depiction of what LOVE can be. How lucky to be loved as beautiful as Len loved Ruby❤️.

    @Cincity65@Cincity65Ай бұрын
  • What an absolutely wonderful film. I loved it!

    @adrianpoolefamily9437@adrianpoolefamily9437 Жыл бұрын
  • Beautiful and scarily accurate! Been with my husband for 40 wonderful years in March.

    @nell8170@nell8170 Жыл бұрын
  • Such a beautiful movie, laughter, tears and a happy ending knowing that their love is still strong. Thank you for this movie.

    @jeanetteyuile2851@jeanetteyuile2851 Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely wonderful.

    @Alan-kq8ki@Alan-kq8ki Жыл бұрын
  • Why why why and how could you make me travel through all emotions with all of your short and great stories every single time??? Ohh good lord tears in my eyes and smiles on my lips!!! I pray for love that stick with me through thick and thin.

    @voidmain9519@voidmain9519 Жыл бұрын
  • You truly made my day. Thank you so much. Now I think I’ll have cry.

    @eugslat8184@eugslat8184 Жыл бұрын
  • A great film which felt real....thanks!

    @EarlEBird-fz6yr@EarlEBird-fz6yr Жыл бұрын
  • Beautifully and well done - cast & crew! Much enjoyed getting to know Len and Ruby.

    @marym.garcia4147@marym.garcia4147 Жыл бұрын
  • Beautiful ❤️ Beautiful ❤️ Eternal love😍 Thank you 🙏

    @rosieeilon1882@rosieeilon1882 Жыл бұрын
  • This will be my husband and I one day. We promised to meet in the Aurora Borealis for a final dance. He has been waiting for me the last fourteen years and I cannot wait to see him again. Thank you for sharing this beautiful Ruby with us.

    @rubysparrow2975@rubysparrow297528 күн бұрын
  • Death has never been this beautiful and romantic.

    @tonytee3372@tonytee337211 ай бұрын
  • What a tender movie, as my husband and I celebrate our 50th anniversary year ♥️

    @carolemalezija1816@carolemalezija1816 Жыл бұрын
  • Hats off to u man soooo cool and just stolen my Heart ❤️❤️❤️🥰

    @robertjeyaseelan2455@robertjeyaseelan2455 Жыл бұрын
  • So beautiful, great companionship and communication ... the real stuff of life! About time there was more about ageing and death. We all end up there some day

    @kate-hy@kate-hy8 ай бұрын
  • Absolutely Beautiful 🤗

    @eishaarora5565@eishaarora5565 Жыл бұрын
  • It's so beautiful. It's our life

    @user-rq2ch5yz5n@user-rq2ch5yz5n Жыл бұрын
  • Wonderful film. Thank you!

    @annmcnitt8749@annmcnitt8749 Жыл бұрын
  • At first i wasn't taken with this film. But it grew on me. I think when the Queen died, she met up with Philip and they had a chat and a walk and a bit of tea and then the double rainbow flashed in the sky and the sun came out and spread its ways upon her grave but she was long gone in the heavens with her beloved.

    @ladybug5859@ladybug5859 Жыл бұрын
    • Somehow I think you're right, Ladybug. Tears here.

      @eloisem3214@eloisem3214 Жыл бұрын
  • Superb the very best. Thank you

    @paulspice4717@paulspice4717 Жыл бұрын
  • Very sweet story. We have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for the Irish people and their journey - we are in Canada, and have appreciated Irish poetry, art and filmmaking for a long while. This short doesn’t disappoint - gracias 🍁 LCA

    @hectorl.campos994@hectorl.campos994 Жыл бұрын
  • Delightful! Today is our 47th Anniversary.....

    @judithmalan1502@judithmalan1502 Жыл бұрын
  • Great short movie 🙏💕👍

    @carolcraggs3526@carolcraggs3526 Жыл бұрын
  • oh my goodness... had me on a rollercoaster of emotions lol my newfound love for ireland 💚that i never knew i had.... much love from the bay area of california ❤

    @janelleetsitty36@janelleetsitty368 ай бұрын
  • Ohhh.... This was sweet

    @kafkatamura2461@kafkatamura2461 Жыл бұрын
  • Delightful, touching... and profound

    @staredsky@staredskyАй бұрын
  • Wonderful Short Film!! Grateful for posting!! 🙏💙

    @doreendaykin6693@doreendaykin6693Ай бұрын
  • eternity on continuum ! ❤

    @accsltd6978@accsltd69787 ай бұрын
  • What a sweet, sweet little film. Thank you 🙏

    @isadorasarto5887@isadorasarto5887 Жыл бұрын
  • Beautiful. Thank you very much!!!!

    @cafemir@cafemir Жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely joyful little film❤️❤️❤️

    @stephaniegarrett3246@stephaniegarrett3246 Жыл бұрын
  • This is a true good life 🍒🥀❣

    @iwona6201@iwona6201 Жыл бұрын
  • I'm a geezer (67) in a relatively new relationship with a woman I wish I'd met 50 years ago. It's never too late to find the love of your life. This little film brought tears to my eyes. It's one of the best I've seen in damn near forever. LOVE the actors! And of course the cinematography and directing are also top notch! How is it possible that Pauley Shore movies merit giant Hollywood budgets when films like this are lucky to get produced on a shoestring? Most unfair!

    @mtaylor325@mtaylor3259 ай бұрын
  • Love the story twists… laugh, cry, … On the side note, this looks like a family business. So many credits to the Creagh & few other family names…lol. Great production & all.

    @nhiarslain2422@nhiarslain2422 Жыл бұрын
  • I loved this ! How wonderful !! Such a gift to watch it .

    @sherryclinton9854@sherryclinton9854 Жыл бұрын
  • Simply BRILLIANT💞

    @lincruise5275@lincruise5275 Жыл бұрын
  • Just beautiful ❤

    @maidinulster@maidinulster Жыл бұрын
  • Lost my husband of 57 years in 21 .this film was beautiful. Really hope when my time comes it's like this x

    @irenegratton2141@irenegratton21418 ай бұрын
  • That was great! I wish we could have full-length movies like this instead of the garbage Hollywood spews out now with all their political and social BS messages. Just give us good stories.

    @heathergibson2891@heathergibson2891 Жыл бұрын
  • Truely a beautiful love story!

    @user-yk7vp2qw4h@user-yk7vp2qw4h4 ай бұрын
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