Year			2005
Country			United Kingdom / France / South Africa
Genre			Drama
Length			1:37
Director			Richard E. Grant
Writer			Richard E. Grant
Company			Samuel Goldwyn
Starring			Gabriel Byrne Miranda Richardson Emily Watson Julie Walters Nicholas Hoult Celia Imrie Show more... Gabriel Byrne Miranda Richardson Emily Watson Julie Walters Nicholas Hoult Celia Imrie Julian Wadham Fenella Woolgar Sid Mitchell Zac Fox Ian Roberts Olivia Grant Michael Richards John Matshikiza

As an 11 year old, Ralph witnesses his mother's adultery with his father's best friend. His parents divorce and Ralph is sent to boarding school. Harry Compton not only loses his wife and best friend, but also his position as Minister of Education with the coming of Independence, prompting his rapid descent into alcoholism. Now 14, Ralph returns home to discover that his father has re-married an American ex-Air hostess called Ruby whom he has known all of six weeks. As round a peg as you could find in this square holed society, Ruby ridicules the petty snobbery of Colonial life by identifying Colonial-speak as sounding like a load of old 'Wah-Wah'. Although Ralph is initially wary of Ruby, he bonds with her as his father's drinking escalates dangerously out of control.