Kes (1970)
U
27/03/1970 (GB)
Drama
1h 51m
- 75% (399 votes)
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They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
Overview
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.
- Ken LoachDirector, Screenplay
- Tony GarnettScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- small town
- great britain
- northern england
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- single parent
- england
- falcon
- dysfunctional family
- coming of age
- yorkshire
- sibling rivalry
- working class
- single mother
- teenage boy
- mining town
- childhood
- united kingdom
- neglected child
- criterion
- kitchen sink realism
- newspaper boy
- bleak
- brother brother relationship
- bird
- kestrel
- falconry
Top Billed Cast
David Bradley
Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Ted Carroll
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