Kes
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
Rating
7.4 The Film
Kes
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
The Story
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.
falconry kestrel bird brother brother relationship bleak newspaper boy kitchen sink realism neglected child united kingdom childhood mining town teenage boy single mother working class sibling rivalry yorkshire coming of age dysfunctional family falcon england single parent based on novel or book sibling relationship northern england great britain small town
Runtime
111 min
Released Apr 1970
Directed by
Ken Loach
Written byKen Loach, Tony Garnett
Gallery
The Stills.
