Film
Kes
1970· PG-13· 1h 51m· Drama
“They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.”
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.
1970-04-03
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Key Crew
DirectorKen Loach
ScreenplayKen Loach
ProducerTony Garnett
Director of PhotographyChris Menges
Original Music ComposerJohn Cameron
EditorRoy Watts
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Details
Released1970-04-03
Runtime1h 51m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosWoodfall Film Productions · Kestrel Films
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Rating7.4/10 · 449 votes
Original languageen
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