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Kes

Kes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 3, 1970

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Drama

User Score

75%

Original Title

Kes

Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films Ltd.

Director

Ken Loach

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.