Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher

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Release Date

11/12/1999

Runtime

94 mins

Genres

Overview

James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A delicate, haunting look at childhood isolation and secret shame in 1970s Glasgow, where a boy finds solace and connection at the margins of his world. Lynne Ramsay's debut moves with the contemplative pace of memory itself, finding moments of tenderness amid urban bleakness.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulClaustrophobic

Themes

Coming of ageIsolationGriefFriendshipFamily

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticHandheldPainterly

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Child endangerment

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