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Kes
"They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit."
1970 • 1h 51m • ★ 7.4 (430 votes) Released
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
Director
Ken Loach
Screenplay
Ken Loach
Screenplay
Tony Garnett
Rating
7.4
Runtime
111 min
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Kestrel Films
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Keywords
small towngreat britainnorthern englandsibling relationshipbased on novel or booksingle parentenglandfalcondysfunctional familycoming of ageyorkshiresibling rivalryworking classsingle motherteenage boymining townchildhoodunited kingdomneglected childkitchen sink realismnewspaper boybleakbrother brother relationshipbirdkestrelfalconry
