Ruby in Paradise

Young Ruby leaves her small-town life in Tennessee for the beaches of Panama City, Florida, where she searches for a new beginning and encounters the pleasures and pitfalls of her adopted paradise. Ashley Judd gives a quietly magnetic performance in her first starring role, capturing Ruby’s uncertainty, independence, and determination to build a life on her own terms. With its unhurried pace, naturalistic performances, and sun-soaked Florida setting, Nuñez’s intimate character study finds unexpected depth in the seemingly ordinary process of starting over.