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This is an excellent movie. A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by The Criterion Collection in April 2011.
The Yorkshire dialect may give some a little problem. If so, there are subtitles. The Criterion restoration on Blu-ray is outstanding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kes_(film)
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) Filmsand among the top ten in its list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
Fifteen-year-old Billy Casper has little hope in life. He is bullied, both at home by his physically and verbally abusive older half-brother, Jud, and at school. Although he insists that his earlier petty criminal behavior is behind him, he occasionally steals eggs and milk from milk floats. He has difficulty paying attention in school and is often provoked into tussles with classmates. Billy's father has left the family some time ago, and his mother refers to him in the film as a "hopeless case.
Both the film and the book provide a portrait of life in the mining areas of Yorkshire of the time, reportedly the miners in the area were then the lowest paid workers in a developed country. The film was produced during a period when the British coal-mining industry was being run down, as gas and oil were increasingly used in place of coal, which led to wage restraints and widespread pit closures. Shortly before the film's release, the Yorkshire coalfield, where the film was set, was brought to a standstill for two weeks by an unofficial strike.
The Yorkshire dialect may give some a little problem. If so, there are subtitles. The Criterion restoration on Blu-ray is outstanding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kes_(film)
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) Filmsand among the top ten in its list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.
Fifteen-year-old Billy Casper has little hope in life. He is bullied, both at home by his physically and verbally abusive older half-brother, Jud, and at school. Although he insists that his earlier petty criminal behavior is behind him, he occasionally steals eggs and milk from milk floats. He has difficulty paying attention in school and is often provoked into tussles with classmates. Billy's father has left the family some time ago, and his mother refers to him in the film as a "hopeless case.
Both the film and the book provide a portrait of life in the mining areas of Yorkshire of the time, reportedly the miners in the area were then the lowest paid workers in a developed country. The film was produced during a period when the British coal-mining industry was being run down, as gas and oil were increasingly used in place of coal, which led to wage restraints and widespread pit closures. Shortly before the film's release, the Yorkshire coalfield, where the film was set, was brought to a standstill for two weeks by an unofficial strike.
