Film

The Ruby

Director

Ling Low

Year

2020

Intan is a teenager with nowhere to go. When she seeks shelter in a crumbling Chinatown hostel, she meets an old man who seems to live in the shadows. As Intan tries to survive among the hustlers and dreamers of Kuala Lumpur, they strike up an unlikely friendship and she learns more about the hostel’s secret past. But she still needs to face up to what she’s running away from.