Overview
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.
Details
Cast
Bernard Atha
Bob Bowes
Brian Glover
Colin Welland
David Bradley
Freddie Fletcher
Joey Kaye
Laurence Bould
Lynne Perrie
Ted Carroll
Keywords
based on novel or book
bird
bleak
brother brother relationship
childhood
coming of age
dysfunctional family
england
falcon
falconry
great britain
kestrel
kitchen sink realism
mining town
neglected child
newspaper boy
northern england
sibling relationship
sibling rivalry
single mother
single parent
small town
teenage boy
united kingdom
working class
yorkshire
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