The Book of Ruth (2004 TV Movie)
Nicholle Tom: Ruth
Quotes
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DeeDee : [offscreen] ... two whole days!
Maylene : [hands her a drink she poured] Here, drink up, DeeDee; it's good for the nerves.
DeeDee : [shaking head] Probably hooked up with some trucker and is off gone on down the interstate.
Maylene : Oh, honey...
DeeDee : Aren't you going to have one?
Maylene : Oh, no.
[raises hand in refusal]
Maylene : Never before 5:00.
[DeeDee speaks indistinctly while Ruth is shown in the background, with a voiceover]
Ruth : My mother's friend DeeDee thought Maylene had a TV show life.
Maylene : [gasps in the middle of the voiceover] There you are, Honey.
Ruth : Being blessed with a son who was a recognized genius.
Maylene : Look at you, Honey. I pressed your suit, Mark. Oh, and I snipped off all those little stray threads; there's always stray threads on new suits.
DeeDee : Mm, mm.
Maylene : Can I just get this one last...
Mark : Mom, Mom!
Maylene : I'm sorry; sorry!
Ruth : When Mark looked at me, I could see him searching me for signs of lief.
Mark : [looking at Ruth] Is that what you're wearing?
Maylene : Yeah; it-it's from the Goodwill. She looks as good as she ever... will. Goodwill.
[bursts into laughter with DeeDee]
Ruth : [voiceover] When is it that her heart turned to stone? Or was she just born with unhappiness inside her?
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Policeman : [siren wails in the background and men speak as the camera is trained on a beaten, traumatized Ruth] Who called it in?
Policeman 2 : A man across the way heard screams; said it wasn't the first time.
Policeman : I need to see him. So, what do we got?
Policeman 2 : A dead body and a mute.
[walks over to Ruth]
Policeman 2 : Talk to me, Ruth. Those bruises are pretty bad. How'd you get those bruises, Ruth? What happened, Ruth?
Ruth : [voiceover] I'm the only one that can tell the story from beginning to end. What it begins with is Maylene, my mother, and the lessons she taught me.