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.

• DirectorKen Loach
• Release3 April 1970
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 51m
• Budget?
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  7.421
  418 reviews
• Productions

  Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films