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Kes

Name: Kes
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970
Rating: 7.4
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover

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.

1970 · Directed by Ken Loach · 111 min · Drama · 11 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Ken Loach, Tony Garnett
Cinematography: Chris Menges
Edited by: Roy Watts
Music: John Cameron
Produced by: Tony Garnett

Cast

David Bradley as Billy
Freddie Fletcher as Jud
Lynne Perrie as Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland as Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover as Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes as Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha as Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould
Joey Kaye as Pub Comic
Ted Carroll

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Themes: small town, great britain, northern england, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, single parent, england, falcon, dysfunctional family, coming of age

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