Kes (1970)
U3 April 1970 (GB)Drama1 hour and 51 minutes
75%
They broke his heart but they couldn’t break his spirit.
Description
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.
Actors
Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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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