Kes

1969 · film

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.

  • Falconry
  • Kitchen Sink Realism
  • Mining Town
  • The Falcon
  • Brothers' Relationship
  • Birds
  • Dysfunctional Family
  • Bleak