Kes

Kes

  • Director: Ken Loach
  • Writer: Barry Hines,Ken Loach,Tony Garnett
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: April 3, 1970
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: A Kestrel for a Knave
  • "Kes" is a feature film directed by Ken Loach and starring David Bradley and Freddie Fletcher. It was released in the United States on September 13, 1970.
    The film tells the story of the lonely boy Billy who regards a young eagle he was feeding as his only friend, and the young eagle was killed by Billy's brother   . In 1971, the film was nominated for Best Picture at the 24th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards   .

    Details

    • Release date April 3, 1970
    • Filming locations Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies Kestrel Films, Woodfall Film Productions

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $19,517

    Movie reviews

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    • By Esmeralda 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      A little dark and real video

      I watched an English film, and the British accent is relatively heavy, which affects understanding a bit. This is a realist film with a bit of political significance. Billy, a boy with no father, only a toiling mother and a gruff older brother, has to get up early to do odd jobs, pick up thieves, and go to school. In the 1960s, British schools were strict, they could punish students with their palms, and football teachers could deliberately punish students. It's changed now, but at any time,...

    • By Cathy 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      Tame, die.

      8.5 points

      In the mining area where the class is solidified, the eagle accompanies the boy. The eagle is a symbol of freedom, and the boy is the representative of the loners in the deformed society; the eagle is bound by the ankle, while the child is bound by the solidified class, poverty and bullying. There is no escape from fate, either to be tamed or to die. Maybe the boy's absent father died in the mine accident, so he turned around and left with a look of anger when he...

    • By Chase 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      The power to penetrate history

      #shadow# 1969 "Kes" "Children and Eagles" 9/10

      I am more and more in love with films without plot, and the power of fighting cattle across the mountain. A whole era of depression and struggle has shrunk to a mining town. Despair and unwillingness concentrated on a powerless teenager. No matter how hard he ran, he still couldn't get out of the circle of class, and the eagle, who had a little hope, also ended in death.

      With the photography technology at that time, it was possible...

    • By Jayme 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      child and eagle

      I finally watched Ken Loach's "The Child and the Eagle", and the long running shot at the beginning reminded people of Truffaut's "The Four Hundred Blows". This film is even more heartbreaking. An important point is the choice of actors, the aura of despair and depression, and Kenloch's stern narrative in his early years. However, the dialogue between a child and a good teacher has matured to a level beyond the mental level of a teenager. It may also be that Chinese children's expression...

    • By Gretchen 2022-03-26 09:01:10

      Eagle is the externalization of Billy's mind. Eagle's death is a death of Billy's heart

      The Child and the Eagle has a strong sense of reality, like a documentary. I don't know how the director guides the actors. The child is especially calm in front of the camera, which is wonderful. The director's training to the child is probably the same as the child's training of the eagle, which is very extreme.

      1969 Ah! In terms of sincerity, in terms of morality, in terms of expressing human nature, we use a modern popular saying: Ditch the streets of our several...

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    • By Andreanne 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      After procrastinating for a long time, I finally finished reading @jiaozhoulu. Running, Panning, Concise Funeral, Barnsley's Voice, Simple, Ending, Solitary Pace, the pace is clear - if it is set against the background of the era, especially the background of era movies. Blocked (boundary setting, library) Withered (mines, industrialization, interviews) Broken (forms and gods of the family) Conservative double-edged (lashes of authority vs gracious LOVE) Generation...

    • By Elliot 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      This fucking world just can't take it any...

    • By Christelle 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      "She's doing me a favour letting me look at her." Children can always find existence in nature, but the children who have become adults have forgotten. G: A film with a deep sense of humanity that when I first saw it as a child, changed the way I saw the...

    • By Torey 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      In the bland story of a young boy who was constantly denied by the surrounding environment, the color of the film is very comfortable. At the end, when the eagle is dead, I will add one star to see the sadness of the child. Recommended -, 7.8 points. Those children who are not favored will always be the protagonists of children's movies: "The Four Hundred Blows", "Looks Beautiful", "The Kingdom of the Moonrise", "The Boy on a...

    • By Madisyn 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The first Ken Loach work I saw. I want to say a lot, but I can't think of anything to say, because after watching such a movie, all that is left in my heart is only a slow sadness like a drop of...

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    "Kes" is considered to be one of the greatest works in British history   . The film is not a Hollywood-style sensational film, and the deep affection shown by the director Ken Loach in the film is not in the form of artificiality   . Ken Loach used primitive and rough documentary shooting techniques in the film to simply and directly show the unfortunate and tragic life of the little boy. It can be said that the film has the essence of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Billy: [training his falcon] C'mon Kes!

      [whistling]

      Billy: C'mon Kes!

    • Mr. Gryce: Mere fodder for the mass media.