Kes (1970)1h51
Drama
Director Ken Loach (7.1 avg)
Also directed I, Daniel Blake, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Sorry We Missed You, and 55 more
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.
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Cast
David Bradley
Freddie Fletcher
Lynne Perrie
Colin Welland
Brian Glover- Bob Bowes
Bernard Atha
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