FILM

Kes (1970)

Name: Kes
Director: Ken Loach
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-04-03
Cast: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover

Film · 1970 · 111 min · PG-13 · 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.

Directed by Ken Loach

Starring David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, Laurence Bould

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Release dates in United States

In cinemas	21 September 1970
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	3 April 1970

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