Kes
Kes
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.
Country: GB
Genre: Drama
Release: 1970-04-03
Director: Ken Loach
Production: Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover
Tagline: They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
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