Ratcatcher

+ intro

Lynne Ramsay’s debut heralded the arrival of a highly original new voice in British cinema.

  • Director

    Lynne Ramsay

  • With

    William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews

  • UK 1999. 94min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    15

Ramsay’s heartbreakingly grim yet striking feature debut centres on 12-year-old James and his dysfunctional Glaswegian family. Set during Scotland’s garbage strikes in the 1970s, the film chronicles James’ life as he grapples with a secret and his family’s wait to be resettled into a new home. This is deeply poetic, socially engaged and emotionally charged cinema.

Contains distressing scenes.

See other screenings of Ratcatcher.