Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr.,
Plot: 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.
Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher (1999): Criterion Blu-ray review
Lynne Ramsay’s emotionally devastating first feature, Ratcatcher (1999), is given a superb new 4K transfer on Criterion’s Blu-ray, which includes all the extras from their 2002 DVD with the addition of new interviews with Ramsay and […]