Spotlight: Ratcatcher (1999) (4K Restoration)

Sunday's screening will have a recorded introduction from Lexi Programmer Johnathan Kirk.

This film is part of our season celebrating the films of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay, running from October to December.

You can find the other films in the season and information about our wider year-long season spotlighting international female filmmakers, here.

Set in Glasgow during the mid 70s, Ratcatcher is seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old James Gillespie, a young boy haunted by a secret. Feeling increasingly distant from his family, his only escape comes with the discovery of a new housing development on the outskirts of town where he has the freedom to lose himself in his own world. Enticed by a local gang of older boys, James is thrown together with vulnerable fourteen-year-old Margaret Anne and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship which becomes their hesitant but touching experience of first love. This is the beautiful 4K

Runtime: 93 minutes Director: Lynne Ramsey Cast: Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie

Year: 1999

Rating: (15)

Film

Director: Lynne Ramsey

Cast: Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, William Eadie