Kes

They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit.

A gritty, melancholic coming-of-age story about a neglected working-class boy who finds dignity and purpose through his bond with a wild kestrel, set against the bleak landscape of industrial Yorkshire.

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.