The Ruby in the Smoke

The Ruby in the Smoke

2006 · 95 min · EN · 6.4 (26 votes)
Dir. Brian Percival · Starring Billie Piper, Matt Smith, Julie Walters, JJ Feild, Hayley Atwell, Elliot Cowan · Music Martin Phipps · The Sally Lockhart Mysteries Collection
DramaMysteryCrime

Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.

VIBE

A young woman's life unravels as she deciphers a cryptic message from her deceased father. This atmospheric mystery plunges into a world of secrets, opium dens, and a legendary jewel, all set against the backdrop of Victorian London.

suspensefulatmosphericintrospectivemelancholicsteadyVictorian period dramacozy mysteryliterary adaptationmysteryinheritanceidentityloss
based on novel or bookfathervictorian englanddeathamateur sleuth
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified