


“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.
Director
Ken Loach
Writers
Tony Garnett, Ken Loach
Release Date
April 3, 1970
Runtime
1h 51m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
425
Woodfall Film Productions
Kestrel Films