7.5/10 • 405
1970-04-03 • 1h 51m
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.
- Directors
- Ken Loach
- Editors
- Roy Watts
1970-04-03 • 1h 51m
7.5/10 • 405
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.
- Directors
- Ken Loach
- Editors
- Roy Watts
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David Bradley
Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Jud
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Joey Kaye
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- Keywords
- small towngreat britainnorthern englandsibling relationshipbased on novel or booksingle parentenglandfalcondysfunctional familycoming of ageyorkshiresibling rivalryworking classsingle motherteenage boymining townchildhoodunited kingdomneglected childkitchen sink realismnewspaper boybleakbrother brother relationshipbirdkestrelfalconry