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Kes
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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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who value humane social realism, understated coming-of-age stories, and fragile moments of beauty amid deprivation.
- Tone
- bleak, melancholic, bittersweet
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- childhood, neglect, class inequality, mentorship, freedom
- Setting
- late twentieth century, working-class industrial town and school
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