'Ratcatcher': Childhood, Trauma and Transitional Spaces

Cristina Álvarez López examines Lynne Ramsay's gritty Scottish social-realist drama, particularly with regard to how it deals with trauma, fantasy and transitional spaces.

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Film as Text, Donald Winnicott, child development, projective experiences, Annette Kuhn, Pedro Costa, Colossal Youth, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Badlands, Days of Heaven, Germany Year Zero, Roberto Rossellini, Abbas Kiarostami, Alexander Mackendrick