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''Kes'' is a 1969 drama film directed by Ken Loach and produced by Tony Garnett. The film is based on the 1968 novel ''A Kestrel for a Knave'', written by the Barnsley-born author Barry Hines. The film is ranked seventh in the British Film Institute's Top Ten (British) Films〔(BFI's Top Ten (British) Films )〕 and among the top ten in its list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14. ==Plot== The film focuses on 15-year-old Billy Casper, who has little hope in life and is bullied, both at home by his physically and verbally abusive older half-brother, Jud, and at school. He is constantly held to account for some prior run-ins with the police, although he insists that his mischief is behind him. Yet we see evidence of his mischievous side as he carries out his morning newspaper delivery, stealing eggs and milk from milk floats. He has difficulty paying attention in school and is often provoked into tussles with classmates. Billy comes across as an emotionally neglected boy with little self-respect. Billy's father has left the family some time ago, and his mother refers to him in the film as a "hopeless case." The film shows scenes of Billy's school; the headmaster canes a group of boys who were caught smoking. One scene of comic relief in the film is of a PE teacher taking part in a football game, fantasising about himself as Bobby Charlton and commentating on the match. Outside cadging money and daydreaming at school, Billy has no positive interests. His greatest fear is ending up working down the pit as a coal miner, but he has no apparent escape route until he finds an outlet through training a kestrel that he takes from a nest on a farm. His interest in learning falconry prompts Billy to steal a book on the subject from a secondhand book shop, as he is underage and needs - but lies about the reasons he cannot obtain - adult authorization for a borrower's card from the public library. As the relationship between Billy and "Kes", the kestrel, improves during the training, so does Billy's outlook and horizons. For the first time in the film, Billy receives praise, from his English teacher after delivering an impromptu talk on his relationship with the bird. Jud leaves money and instructions for Billy to place a bet on two horses, but, after consulting a bettor who tells him the horses are unlikely to win, Billy spends the money on fish and chips and on meat for his bird. However, the horses do win (meaning Jud would have won over £10 if Billy had placed the bet). Furious at Billy and unable to find him, Jud takes revenge by killing his kestrel, whose body Billy retrieves from the waste bin. After showing the kestrel to Jud and his mother, in grief and rage, Billy buries his kestrel on the hillside overlooking the field where he'd flown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kes (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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