Kes
movie

They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
Released April 03, 1970
Genres:
Overview
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.
Runtime
1h 51m
Origin Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Original Title
Kes
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English
Production Companies
- no logo available
Woodfall Film Productions
United Kingdom
- no logo available
Kestrel Films
United Kingdom
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