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Guilt

#Guilt
1 director2 episodesin Character Psychology

Lynne Ramsay

2 episodes touching this theme
  • Strongly explored
    Ratcatcher – What’s New Pussycat?

    Feb 2026

    "You say you'd already covered it: Oti's first take calls the film a portrait of guilt, and KT puts Oti's reading of James drowning in the canal and dreaming of escape down to that guilt."

  • Strongly explored
    We Need to Talk About Kevin – Deliver Us From Eva

    Feb 2026

    "KT folds guilt into the death, grief and trauma discussion; later Oti says the one thing real and true in the film is Eva's guilt and fear, with no absolution, grace or kindness for her."