Kes(1970)

Name: Kes
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-04-03
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 7.429
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover

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

7.4

(431 votes)

1h 51m

April 3, 1970

Drama

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Synopsis

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.

Réalisateur: Ken Loach

Scénaristes: Ken Loach, Tony Garnett