Kes

04/03/1970

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1hr 51min

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Drama

They broke his heart but they couldn’t break his spirit.

STORY

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—until tragedy strikes.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • David Bradley
  • Freddie Fletcher
  • Lynne Perrie
  • Colin Welland
  • Brian Glover

    Directors

  • Ken Loach
  • Franco Rosso
  • Keith Evans
  • Sean Hudson

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Woodfall Film Productions
  • Kestrel Films

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

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