Kes Original British Quad Film Poster

Kes (United Artists, 1969). British Quad (30″ X 40″). Drama.
Starring David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher, Lynne Perrie, Colin Welland, Brian Glover, Bob Bowes, and Bernard Atha. Directed by Ken Loach. Country of origin poster.

English boy-and-his-beloved-falcon juvenile family relationship melodrama (“They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn’t break his spirit”; “He lies, cheats, and steals, but has learned to survive…And doesn’t give a tupp’ny damn for anybody! But he cares about Kes”; “From Barry Hine’s book ‘Kestrel For A Knave'”; about a 15-year-old English boy who constantly is in trouble and has a terrible home life; he finds a kestrel, a type of falcon, and trains it, and there are strong parallels between the life of the boy and the life of the bird)

Beautiful Movie