FILM REVIEW - Ruby Red

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What Gwendolyn Shepherd finds out about herself when she turns 16 defies belief: she has a gene that allows her to time-travel! This emerges when she suddenly vanishes at school and finds herself in 1912 London. When she returns to the present, she is taken under the wing of young Gideon de Villiers, who also has the gene, along with looks, poise and self-confidence. Gideon introduces Gwendolyn to the Secret Society of the Count of Saint-Germain, which she thinks is a lot of humbug. Yet the society declares
Translated into 27 languages, a hit in the U.S. and the U.K., and with more than a million copies sold, Kerstin Gier’s bestselling novel “Ruby Red” marked the overwhelmingly successful launch of the Ruby Red Trilogy, which also comprises “Sapphire Blue” and “Emerald Green.” In this opulent screen adaptation by Katharina Schöde and Felix Fuchssteiner (who directs), Gier’s imaginative take on time-travel proves how compelling this mix of suspense, action-adventure, romance, mystery and history can be. It’s a