Kes
112 minutes,
UK (1969), PG
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(3.3 / 349 votes)
(3.3 / 349 votes)
Ken Loach's raw, truthful re-telling of Barry Hines' gritty story of a boy's alienation and brutal school life in 1960s Yorkshire
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Kes: Loach transformed Barry Hines's gritty novel 'A Kestrel for a Knave' into a moving, searingly brutal and truthful film.
Billy Casper (Bradley) is an awkward teenager, stuck in a drab Yorkshire mining town. Home life is miserable and school almost as bad. A glimmer of hope is offered when Billy finds a baby kestrel, which soon becomes the focus of his life...
Read the Kes full reviewBilly Casper (Bradley) is an awkward teenager, stuck in a drab Yorkshire mining town. Home life is miserable and school almost as bad. A glimmer of hope is offered when Billy finds a baby kestrel, which soon becomes the focus of his life...
