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.
Acting
David Bradley's raw, non-professional performance is devastating.
Direction
Loach's documentary-style realism makes fiction feel like stolen memory.
Cinematography
Bleak Yorkshire landscapes that crush and liberate simultaneously.
Director
Ken Loach
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