Kes

Kes (1970)

1970-04-03 · 111 min · Rating 7.40/10 (434 votes)

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.

Drama

Keywords

based on novel or book bird bleak brother brother relationship childhood coming of age dysfunctional family england falcon falconry great britain kestrel kitchen sink realism mining town neglected child newspaper boy northern england sibling relationship sibling rivalry single mother single parent small town teenage boy united kingdom working class yorkshire

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