Kes
Kes
“ They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit. ”
CINEMA1970-04-03
RegionGB
Runtime111 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 / Director
Ken Loach
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
