It's been nearly 42 years ago, since Ken Loach's radical masterpiece made it to the big screen, now all these years in the future people look back and take the form of Billy Casper (David Bradley) as an extraordinary deprived talented who discovers a symbol of beauty in a kestrel, Kes. In his flat in Barnsley where he lives, he sits with his drunken mother, who shows no love for him and his hideous brother, who constantly verbally and physically abuses Billy. He retrieves a kestrel and begins to train it, bonding closer to it ever time they train. Nobody sees his talent and his skill and cast him aside. The only person who reaches out to him is Mr Farthing, (Colin Welland), in a remarkable scene in Kes' shed home, where Billy describes nature and who it should be treated quietly and lovingly. Of course, not all of it is sad and quite a lot of humor comes from the evil P.E teacher, (Brian Glover) who presides himself as teacher, team captain, and player. There's a strong accent that you have to get used to but that's easy enough. This is a truly spectacular piece of film.
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