Showroom Classics: Ratcatcher (25th Anniversary, 4K Restoration) 15

This film is F-Rated

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From the archive

This film was last shown on 18 April 2024

Set in Glasgow during the mid-70s, Ratcatcher shows the world 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.

The critically acclaimed debut from Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, We Need to Talk About Kevin) returns to the big screen for it’s 25th anniversary in a new 4K restoration.

The screening on Friday 12th April will be introduced by Reclaim the Frame and filmmaker Debbie Howard, and will be followed by Lynne Ramsay’s second film, Morvern Callar at 8pm as part of our Showroom Spotlight strand.

Reclaim The Frame is a charity dedicated to bringing ever greater audiences to films by people from marginalised genders to offer a wider perspective of the world. This project seeks to empower audiences to make a positive intervention in the distribution and exhibition space.

Debbie Howard is a Sheffield based film and TV writer/director. Brought up in a working class family from Lancashire, Debbie was an actor for twenty five years before establishing Big Buddha Films in 2006. Her films, including Still Loved and Safe, have earned her Best Screenplay and Best Director at Aesthetica Short Film Festival, a BIFA longlist and RTS nomination. Alumni of Reclaim The Frame’s Filmonomics programme in 2017, Debbie is in development with her feature film Cold with Wellington Films.

F-Rated: Written and directed by Lynne Ramsay