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Kes (1970)

Poster for Kes

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Ken Loach
  • Profile picture of David Bradley
    Billy David Bradley
  • Profile picture of Freddie Fletcher
    Jud Freddie Fletcher
  • Profile picture of Lynne Perrie
    Mrs. Casper Lynne Perrie
  • Profile picture of Colin Welland
    Mr. Farthing Colin Welland
  • Profile picture of Brian Glover
    Mr. Sugden Brian Glover
  • Profile picture of Bernard Atha
    Youth Employment Officer Bernard Atha
  • Profile picture of Bill Dean
    Fish and Chip Shop Man Bill Dean
  • Profile picture of Duggie Brown
    Milkman Duggie Brown

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