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Kes (1970)

PG-13 ★ 7.4/10 111 min Drama United Kingdom English
Director: Ken Loach
Novel: Barry Hines
Adaptation: Barry Hines
Screenplay by: Ken Loach, Tony Garnett
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They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.

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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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David Bradley
David Bradley Billy
Freddie Fletcher
Freddie Fletcher Jud
Lynne Perrie
Lynne Perrie Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Colin Welland Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Brian Glover Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Bernard Atha Youth Employment Officer
Laurence Bould

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