Film · 1970 · 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.
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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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Kes (1970) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 51m drama directed by Ken Loach is rated 7.4/10 by 467 viewers.
Kes was released on April 3, 1970.
Kes was directed by Ken Loach.
Kes has a runtime of 111 minutes (1h 51m).
Kes is categorized as Drama.
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