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Kes
1970 · Film · 111 min
Directed by Ken Loach
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.
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‘A kestrel for a knave’ is another great novel on this theme.
It was made into a film ‘Kes’ I’ve not seen it though.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Kestrel_for_a_Knave
Anybody who is interested in this dialect or 'Yorkshire Life' should give Kes a watch http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064541/