Kes
Kes
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Often cited as one of the best British films of all time, Ken Loach'sfilm stars David Bradley as Billy, a working class youth whose life is beset by teasing and drudgery until the day he discovers an injured kestrel hawk. Nursing the bird back to health, Billy realizes that he has been afforded a glimpse of a freer and more natural state than the drab, industrial trappings of his current existence. Filmed on location with a meager budget and a cast of nonprofessional actors, Loach''s film is a pure example of the "kitchen sink drama" and a landmark of modern British cinema.

Ken Loach---Britain---1970---111 mins.

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  | JohnH#1

Thomas Hobbes wrote that the condition of man in its original state was "nasty, brutish and short". If you can believe Ken Loach, that still applies, although perhaps due to the National Health Service, life is no longer necessarily short. Sort of film that you will remember years afterward.

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