A boy sitting on a chair in the middle of a golden wheat field, wearing a plaid shirt and dark jacket.

Ratcatcher

part of Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair

Film

Sat 20 June 18:00

Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie
Details: 94 mins, 1999, United Kingdom, France
Primary language: English, Scots

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James (William Eadie) is a sensitive, quiet boy, observant of people and the world around him. He struggles with the guilt caused by an accident involving a friend as well as his discomfort with the 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.

Lynne Ramsay’s superb debut deftly contrasts urban decay with a rich interior landscape of hope and perseverance, resulting in a work at once raw and deeply poetic.

Wheelchair User Spaces

Sat 20 June

18:00 (ends 19:34)

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Pricing

Unless otherwise stated the cost of cinema tickets is as follows:

Saver Mondays
£6.00 (plus 12% booking fee*) for Club Shed members, 24 and under audiences, and concession ticket holders

Screenings before 16:00 Tuesday to Friday and before 14:00 at weekends
£9.50 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £7.00 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*).

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Access

Cinema seat widths

Our cinema seats are 46cm wide, with wooden armrests on either side of each seat that can’t be moved.

We can provide seats without armrests or bean bags as alternatives at the front of the cinema if that is more comfortable for you. Please just call our Box Office on (0117) 927 5100 or book in-person to arrange.

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Further info

Our building is accessible, our staff are trained in basic BSL and Deaf awareness, we have toilets for everyone and we run an accessible programme of screenings, events and exhibitions. Find out more on our Access page.

Concessions

Concessions apply to Full Time Students, Job Seekers Allowance and Employment Support Allowance, 66+ who have retired, Equity and BECTU members and disabled people.

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