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Kes (1970)

"They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit."

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Kes

7.4 / 10 (467 votes)

Drama

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.

Director Ken Loach

Screenplay / Writer Ken Loach, Tony Garnett

Runtime 1h 51m (111 min)

Release Date 1970-04-03

Countries United Kingdom

Original Language EN

Status Released

Budget N/A

Revenue N/A

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Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions

Kestrel Films

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 kitchen sink realism newspaper boy bleak brother brother relationship bird kestrel falconry

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