“She didn’t act out the character. She became the character,” said Theodore Boborol, director of the screen drama “Iska,” which recently won for …
“She didn’t act out the character. She became the character,” said Theodore Boborol, director of the screen drama “Iska,” which recently won for its lead actress Ruby Ruiz her second international best actress award, this time, from the 6th Herat International Women Film Festival in Afghanistan. Boborol pointed out that Ruby, as Iska, earned the judges’ nod because “she was able to sincerely convey the emotions of a resilient, strong and doting grandmother and of a mother’s love that is universal and relatable, no matter where you come from.” Ruiz shared the trophy with Iranian actress Sara Bahrami, star of Behruz Shoeib’s drama “Axing.” “Iska” is a loving, but impoverished grandmother of an autistic child who tragicomically loses everything and turns into someone society reckons her to be.
