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Small Deaths

Ratcatcher • 11m

Directed by Lynne Ramsay • 1995 • United Kingdom
Starring James Ramsay, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Anne McLean

Presenting three episodes in the life of a girl growing up in a Glasgow housing estate, this short was Lynne Ramsay’s graduation film for the National Film and Television School in England, and it went on to win the Jury Prize for a short film at the Cannes Film Festival.

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