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Kes
Kes

7.5

Kes

PG-13·1970·111m

Summary

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—until tragedy strikes.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Ken Loach

Adaptation, Novel

Barry Hines

Screenplay

Tony Garnett

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

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