Sinopsis:
- [fuente] Glasgow, verano de 1973. La ciudad se enfrenta a una huelga de los basureros. Ryan, un niño de 12 años, se ahoga durante una pelea con su vecino James...
Maties Tugores, en twitter, el 7 de marzo de 2020, escribió:El primer largometraje de la escocesa Ramsay disecciona la culpa a través de los ojos de un niño que vive en un barrio obrero a las afueras de Glasgow. Cruda y poética a partes iguales, empezó a confirmar su enorme talento narrativo.
En SensaCine se escribió:1973, es verano en Glasgow. La ciudad tiene unos planes para las viviendas más pobres que no tienen agua caliente ni instalaciones de baño y mediante un programa de desarrollo se intenta realojar a los inquilinos que sufren este desastre. La situación se agrava aún más con la huelga de basureros poniendo en peligro la salud de los niños con las calles como criadero para las ratas.
En Cinémotions se escribió:Âgé de 12 ans en cette année 1973, James vit à Glasgow dans les quartiers populaires avec ses deux soeurs, sa mère qui est la seule à travailler, et son père plus souvent ivre que sobre dans les cafés où il dépense le peu d'argent du ménage avec d'autres femmes. Alors qu'ils jouent à proximité du canal aussi rempli d'ordures que d'eau fétide, James pousse accidentellement son voisin Ryan dans l'eau qui s'y noie. Sans témoin, il n'en parle pas mais devient renfermé comme la culpabilité qui naît en lui...
AMG SYNOPSIS: Lynne Ramsay's debut feature Ratcatcher is a gritty but often lyrical portrait of a boy growing up on the wrong side of the Scottish tracks. James (William Eadie) is a 12-year-old coming of age in a rough working-class section of Glasgow. Something of a misfit, James has only two close friends, Margaret Anne (Leanne Mullen), an older girl whose need to be loved often leads her into ill-advised sexual episodes with the neighborhood boys, and Kenny (John Miller), a half-bright kid who loves animals but isn't sure what went wrong when he tried to send his pet mouse into space. One day, James gets into a fight with another boy near a canal that runs through town. James accidentally knocks the boyinto the water and he drowns; James is too scared to tell anyone, but the incident weighs heavily on him, adding further tension to an already strained relationship with his alcoholic father. Lynne Ramsay's previous short films won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, which led to Ratcatcher's being screened in the "Un Certain Regard" series at Cannes in 1999. -- Mark Deming
AMG REVIEW: For her very first feature, director Lynne Ramsay found herself the recipient of an obscene amount of positive press from European critics, so much so that a backlash was inevitable. So it's a relief to report that despite the hype, pro and con, her grim coming-of-age tale Ratcatcher remains a singular moviegoing experience, the kind of film made by a pers
on who composes every shot as if it were her last. Fusing a gritty, kitchen-sink realist drama -- the kind the U.K. film industry has been producing since The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner -- to a haunting, poetic visual style, Ramsay is able to create something uniquely her own. Free of the flash common to turn-of-the-millennium British directors (see Guy Ritchie), Ramsay sketches in details about her main characters in an intuitive, breathtaking manner. Though there is a semi-conventional narrative, tethered to the unreliable point-of-view of a 12-year-old boy, Ratcatcher is much more interested in memory, perception, and fantasy, and how these forces can filter and distill a very real, bleak existence. If anything, Ramsay's debut is reminiscent of Terence Davies' similarly impressionistic first film Distant Voices, Still Lives -- in her protracted use of pop songs, her painterly use of color, and her anti-nostalgic approach to the period piece in general -- but with a major difference: It's not nearly as stifling. -- Michael Hastings
- Otras referencias
- Israel Paredes: "Lynne Ramsay", en Miradas de Cine, nº 63, junio de 2007.
- "Ratcatcher: vivir con la culpa". Cinematic World.
- "Ratcatcher", De Culto.
- Mauricio Montiel Figueiras: "Lynne Ramsay: el rumor del agua". , Terra cognita, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, 2007. Texto reproducido en Prosas_y_cosas.
Ficha técnica
- Otros títulos internacionales: Cazador de ratas / Acchiappatopi.
Guión: Lynne Ramsay.
Fotografía: Alwin H. Kuchler (Color)
Música: Rachel Portman & Nick Drake
Producción: Gavin Emerson, Bertrand Faivre, Peter Gallagher, Andrea Calderwood, Barbara McKissack, Sarah Radclyffe.
Productora: Pathé Pictures International / BBC Films (British Broadcasting Corporation) (presents) / The Arts Council of England / Les Productions Lazennec / Le Studio Canal+ / Holy Cow Films.
Reparto:
- Tommy Flanagan (Da).
- Mandy Matthews (Ma).
- William Eadie (James).
- Michelle Stewart (Ellen).
- Lynne Ramsay Jr. (Anne Marie (Lynne Ramsay Jnr.)).
- Leanne Mullen (Margaret Anne).
- John Miller (Kenny).
- Jackie Quinn (Mrs. Quinn).
- James Ramsay (Mr. Quinn).
- Anne McLean (Mrs. Fowler).
- Craig Bonar (Matt Monroe).
- Andrew McKenna (Billy).
- Mick Maharg (Stef).
- James Montgomery (Hammy).
- Thomas McTaggart (Ryan).
- Stuart Gordon (Tommy).
- Stephen Sloan (Mackie).
- Molly Innes (Miss McDonald).
- Stephen King (Mr. Mohan).
- John Comerford (Insurance Man).
- Ann Marie Lafferty (Rita (Anne Marie Lafferty)).
- Bessie McDonald (Elderly Lady).
- Leanne Jenkins (Kitten Girl).
- Dougie Jones (Scavenger).
- Joe McCrone (Scavenger).
- James Watson (Bus Driver).
- Stephen Purdon (Boy on Bike).
- Marion Connell (Jesse).
- Robert Farrell (Boy).
- Donnie McMillan (Artie).
- Lisa Taylor (Anne Marie's Friend).
- Rory McCann (Gordon (uncredited)).
- Chris McElhill (Boy in Street, uncredited).
Género:
- Drama social, Drama urbano, Drama familiar / Adolescencia, Vivienda, Barrios obreros.
Premios:
- - 1999: Premios BAFTA: Mejor debut de un autor británico. Nominada a mejor film británico
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