Ratcatcher

Ramsay’s feature debut, set in ’70s Glasgow, is a bold, lyrical study of a 12-year-old haunted by a secret.

  • Director

    Lynne Ramsay

  • With

    William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews

  • UK 1999. 93min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • Certificate

    15

  • A Park Circus re-release

Set in and around a Glasgow tenement block during a dustmen’s strike in the mid-’70s, Ramsay’s marvellous first feature centres on a 12-year-old (Eadie) who, haunted by a secret, retreats into a private world of solitude, strange friendships and consoling dreams. A bold lyricism combines with gritty realism to create an impressive and intriguing character study shot through with tenderness and wit.

Tickets on sale – Saturday 6 April to BFI Members from 12:00 and on general sale from 16:00.