I Was a Rat (2002)
Directed by Laurie Lynd
Genres - Fantasy |
Sub-Genres - Children's Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Legends, Family-Oriented Adventure |
Run Time - 102 min. |
Countries - Canada, United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
Based on the children's book by Philip Pullman, Laurie Lynd's I Was a Rat is a feature-length fable originally made as a three-part BBC miniseries. A reworking of a popular fairy tale, the story opens with a young abandoned pageboy (Calum Worthy) taken in by a childless couple: the aging cobbler Bob (Tom Conti) and domestic worker Joan (Brenda Fricker). Nicknamed Roger, the pageboy claims that he isn't human at all but a rat, which attracts the interest of the Daily Scourge newspaper, a mad scientist, and a carnival owner named Oliver Tapscrew (Don McKellar). The search for Roger's real home is accompanied by the story of Lady Aurelia (Katie Blake) and her prince (James Millard).
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abandonment, fish-out-of-water, freak-show, media-circus, misfit, princess, surrogate-parent
