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Kes (1970)

Kes (1970)

PG-13 111 minutes EN Drama
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—until tragedy strikes.
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David Bradley
Billy Casper
Lynne Perrie
Mrs. Casper
Colin Welland
Mr. Farthing
Brian Glover
Mr. Sugden
Bob Bowes
Mr. Gryce
Bernard Atha
Youth Employment Officer
Joey Kaye
Pub Comic
Bill Dean
Fish and Chip Shop Man
Duggie Brown
Milkman
Harry Markham
Newsagent
Zoe Sunderland
Librarian (as Zoe Sutherland)

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Adaptation
Production companies: Woodfall Film Productions, Kestrel Films Ltd.
Production countries: United Kingdom

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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