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.
Year: 1970
Genre: Drama
Studio: Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes
Crew: Ken Loach (Director), Barry Hines (Novel), Barry Hines (Adaptation), Ken Loach (Screenplay), Tony Garnett (Screenplay), Tony Garnett (Producer)
Runtime: 111 minutes
Release: Apr 03, 1970
IMDb: 7.48/10 by 397 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : 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, kitchen sink realism, newspaper boy, bleak, brother brother relationship, bird, kestrel, falconry
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