Ruth
1994, French. Directed by François Delisle.
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...
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- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 31 August 1994
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- François Delisle
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Ruth runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Ruth isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
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Who directed Ruth?
Ruth (1994) was directed by François Delisle and stars Emmanuel Bilodeau, Micheline Lanctôt, Ariane Frédérique.