Film: Kes (1969)

This season we are exploring landscapes with leading Photographer, Jem Southam, and have arranged a variety of films, talks and workshops to accompany his Exhibition: Birds, Rocks, Rivers, Islands in The Levinsky Gallery from Fri 18 Jan - Sat 16 Mar.

In Ken Loach’s iconic film, Kes, Billy Casper suffers abuse both at home and at school. At home his brother beats him, and his family neglects him.
At school, most of his teachers ridicule and reject him, especially sadistic Mr Sugden. Like other downtrodden children in an outmoded social system, Billy appears headed for a menial job with no future and with no motivation and nothing to look forward to, until the day he finds a wild kestrel. The bird, a fledgling, is akin to the boy, who must withstand winds of his own. He raises, nurtures, and trains the falcon and its wildness and beauty gives him a joy and hope that his life could be different.

Director: Ken Loach
Cast: David Bradley, Brian Glover, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland
Running time: 113 mins
Cert: U

www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/film-kes-1969

Ticket information: £6/£4.20/Friends free/UoP students free via SPiA/18’s and under free via YAP