Synopsis
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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I love Ken Loach. I grew up with his films. 'Kes' was a big one for me, and 'Ladybird, Ladybird.' Those films resonate with me... They’re about poverty, really, which is where I grew up.
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United Kingdom
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class struggle · social alienation · coming of age · animal companionship · redemption through nature
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