Kes (1969)
With Dai Bradley, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Freddie Fletcher, Bob Bowes, Bernard Atha, Bill Dean
Directed by Ken Loach
Kes () is a 1969 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Ken Loach (credited as Kenneth Loach) and produced by Tony Garnett, based on the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by Barry Hines. Kes follows the story of Billy, who comes from a dysfunctional working-class Yorkshire family and is a no-hoper at school, but discovers his own private means of fulfilment when he adopts a fledgling kestrel and proceeds to train it in the art of falconry.
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