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Ratcatcher

7.1(254)19991h 34m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • scotland
  • glasgow, scotland
  • 1970s
  • neighbor
  • canal
  • woman director
  • escapism

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Director

Lynne Ramsay

Produced in

United Kingdom, France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York13 Oct 2000
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival (4K Restoration)25 Sept 2021
    • Theatrical (limited)Lincoln Center (4K Restoration)22 Oct 2021
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival (4K Restoration)26 Oct 2021
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1512 Nov 1999
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical (limited)British Film Festival11 Nov 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 1999
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1999
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical627 Apr 2000
    • Physical6DVD28 Nov 2000
    • TV6Nederland 320 Dec 2002

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Ratcatcher was released on 12 November 1999.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    4/13/2024

    7/10

    It was quite odd watching this because I was just a little younger than the character of "James" (William Eadie) living in Glasgow in the 1970s. I remember the nine-week long dustmen strike that left tons of rubbish piled up all over the place. We lived in a mouse-infested one bed flat similar to the ones in the tenement buildings featured here, and that canal - well it was an overgrown, disease-ridden, deathtrap tha…

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