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Ratcatcher

7.1/ 10

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1999

Release Year

94 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

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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Keywords

scotland
glasgow, scotland
1970s
neighbor
canal
woman director
escapism

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 13, 2024

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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 th

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