Ratcatcher 1999 Xvid Hectorbusinspector

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171685/
Ratcatcher is a 1999 film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay.
It is her debut feature film and was screened in the Un Certain
Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
The film won its director numerous awards including the Carl
Foreman Award for Newcomer in British Film at the BAFTA Awards,
the Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival and the Silver
Hugo for Best Director at the Chicago International Film Festival.
“Utilizing beautiful, elusive imagery, candid performances, and
unexpected humor, Ratcatcher deftly contrasts urban decay with a
rich interior landscape of hope and perseverance, resulting in a
work at once raw and deeply poetic”.
Ratcatcher never received a wide cinematic release. It was
released on DVD by the Criterion Collection.
The Storyline
Ratcatcher is set in Glasgow, 1973. The city, despite its Victorian grandeur,
has some schemes with the poorest housing conditions in western Europe, such
as no running hot water, no bathing facilities and no indoor toilet. The city
is mid-way through a major re-development program, demolishing these schemes
and re-housing the tenants in new modern estates. The problems in these schemes
are somewhat compounded by the binmen going on strike, creating an additional
health hazard and a breeding ground for rats. The main character, James, is a
12-year old boy, growing up in one of these schemes, which is gradually
emptying, as the re-housed tenants move out. James, with the rest of his
family, patiently waits to be re-housed. The film opens with James possibly
contributing to the death of his pal, Ryan, by failing to raise the alarm
when Ryan fails to surface after the two boys have a tussle in the local
canal. James leaves the scene, unsure, and apparently unseen. This event
comes back to haunt him at critical points in the film. The film follows
the sensitive James as he tries to come to terms with his guilt, make
sense of the insensitive aspects of his environment, from his heavy-drinking
father to the local peer culture, and as, one by one, his hopes of a brighter
future appear to be dashed.
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