Ratcatcher ( Rat catcher )

Ratcatcher (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Rat catcher
Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Lynne Ramsay

Written By:
Lynne Ramsay

Actors:
William Eadie ..... James
Tommy Flanagan ..... Da
Mandy Matthews ..... Ma
Michelle Stewart ..... Ellen
Lynne Ramsay Jr. ..... Anne Marie (as Lynne Ramsay Jnr.)
Leanne Mullen ..... Margaret Anne
John Miller ..... Kenny
Jackie Quinn ..... Mrs. Quinn
James Ramsay ..... Mr. Quinn
Anne McLean ..... Mrs. Fowler
Craig Bonar ..... Matt Monroe
Andrew McKenna ..... Billy
James Montgomery ..... Hammy
Thomas McTaggart ..... Ryan
Stuart Gordon ..... Tommy

Synopsis:

Drama set in the mid-1970s at the time of the dustmen's strike. James, a young boy living in a poor area of Glasgow, has a fight with another boy on a canal bank, as a result of which the other boy drowns. James says nothing about his role in the incident although it weighs heavily on his mind. He spends most of his time dreaming of the day his working-class family will be able to move to a better council house in a different area, but meanwhile finds himself drawn back to the canal bank. He starts to spend time with Margaret Anne, a slightly older and sexually active girl from the same neighbourhood, and also with the slightly simple boy Kenny. His environment and guilt all begin to oppress him however.

Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal. Ryan, who's about 12, drowns during a play fight with his neighbor, the jug-eared James. James runs home, a flat where he lives with his often-drunk dad, his ma, and sisters, who live in hope of moving to newly-built council flats. The slice-of-life, coming-of-age story follows James as he tags along with the older lads; has a friendship with his quirky wee rodent-loving neighbor, Kenny; spends time with Margaret Anne, myopic, slightly older, the local sexual punching bag; and, has a moment or two of joy. The strike may end, but is there any way out for James?

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 November, 2007.

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