A broke poet, a strict neighbor, and one rule: don't embarrass us. She'll definitely embarrass them.
Single, penniless poet Ruby has recently moved back home to live with her mum, Jen. When their strict Presbyterian neighbours descend on the home for her spoiled sister Eliza's engagement party, Ruby’s only job is to not shame the family...
Acting
Amy Molloy's desperate eye-rolls are a masterclass in silent suffering.
Writing
Every Presbyterian zinger lands like a thrown hymn book.
Director
Sarah Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarah Gordon's short captures a specifically Irish Protestant tension rarely seen on screen—Presbyterian repression as both shield and weapon.
The 'spinster' label here carries historical weight: in Ireland, unmarried women over a certain age faced institutionalization until shockingly recently.
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