25th anniversary of Lynne Ramsay's masterful debut.
Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, Lynne Ramsay’s debut Ratcatcher is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old James Gillespie, a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world.
Enticed by a local gang of older boys, James is thrown together with vulnerable fourteen-year-old Margaret Anne and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship which becomes their hesitant but touching experience of first love.
“In Ratcatcher, her artistic project is to create a cinema that brings together both the social and surreal, allowing the audience into the fantastic world of the young protagonist’s imagination.” Lizzie Francke, The Criterion Collection.
1999. UK/France. Director: Lynne Ramsay. Cast: Tommy Flanagan, William Eadie, Mandy Matthews. Duration: 1hr 34mins. Cert: 15.
