They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.
Director: Ken Loach
Starring: David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie
Overview
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
Production
Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films
Cast
David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, Laurence Bould, Joey Kaye, Ted Carroll, Robert Naylor, Agnes Drumgoon, George Speed, Desmond Guthrie, Zoe Sunderland, Eric Bolderson, Joe Miller, Beryl Carroll, Julie Shakespeare, Bill Dean
Where to watch
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