Ratcatcher 3

Ratcatcher

classified 15

part of BAFTA Debuts

Film

Please note: This was screened in July 2017

Director
Lynne Ramsay
Cast
Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie
Details
93 mins, 1999, UK | France

Lynne Ramsay debut feature set on a 70s Glaswegian council estate celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new 4K restoration from Park Circus.

James (William Eadie) is a sensitive, quiet boy, observant of people and the world around him, struggling with the guilt caused by an accident involving a friend as well as his discomfort with the traditional and troubling masculinity represented by his father and a local gang of older boys. His friendship with Margaret Anne (Leanne Mullen), a girl on the estate who lets the gang boys have sex with her, is platonic but only adds to his sense of disorientation. James dreams of leaving the estate for one of the big new houses being built a few miles out of town but ultimately finds himself unable to escape his circumstances, any more than he can forget about the tragedy that befalls his friend.

A touching coming of age film with a remarkable tenderness towards its flawed characters and an exceptional ability to make the mundane beautiful, Ramsay’s superb debut deftly contrasted urban decay with a rich interior landscape of hope and perseverance, resulting in a work at once raw and deeply poetic.


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