Ruby

40 years of marriage is called the Ruby anniversary.

For such herein an Irish husband buys his wife a cemetery plot near where they first met. She doesn't take this gift well and for the first 7-8 minutes of this 17 minute short they argue. In the first half of this the acting and/or dialogue (depending how you fault it) is rather poor. Then they make up and then we as viewers are 'treated' to almost 3 minutes of end credits as if this was a feature film.

Summary: 19 minute short - 8 minutes of a poor first half + 3 minutes of credits leaves about 8 minutes (for a funeral and a walk on the beach).

The accolades for this short (see poster), in short, are beyond me.

The ending would've been better without the black / white sequences IMHO. (trying not to spoil anything here, you'll figure out after watching it what I wanted to say)

The first temptation is to define it as beautiful film. Obvious, it is more - it is a film by Michael Creigh. It is, for me, one of profound useful films. Charming, spiced, touching, very Irish , a film about marriage and the love beside it and about the other as the best part from yourself. It was a pure joy see it. And remains a precious gift its discover. Because the realism in poetic forms. And, sure, for the admirable main performances.