Anybody here see Kes(1969)?

[XanaDUer2]

An abused working- class yorkshire boy, bullied at home and school, takes a kestral as a pet and trains him?

Spoiler

The ending is super sad. I'm not sure I'm up to it emotionally

[BootinUp]

1. No, but I was thinking about it not too long ago. nt

[XanaDUer2]

2. That's interesting

It seems obscure, although another DUer told me it was on TCM. i feel like I want to see it, but don't do well with sad movies about animals. Thank you for responding

I heard its on Tubi

[BootinUp]

3. I wish I could remember how I learned of it

might have been a post on DU, or I might have been researching other work by a cast member or crew member.

[XanaDUer2]

4. BritBox has an original series Reel Britannia

I know a lot about movies, but never heard of it. Its covered in the first episode of the series.

Its ranked one of Britain's greatest films.

[BootinUp]

5. That's good to know.

Sometimes it just depends on what kind of mood I am in. So we will see.

[XanaDUer2]

6. Me too

I'll prepare myself to watch it if I can find it

[IcyPeas]

7. Kes is in a genre called Kitchen Sink Realism or Kitchen Sink Dramas

See the list of films in the wiki link below. I've watched many of these films. They do share a certain feel. Youtube has full movies of some of these old films. Many of the actors became very famous.

Kitchen sink realism involves working class settings[7] and accents, including accents from Northern England.[8] The films and plays often explore taboo subjects such as adultery, pre-marital sex, abortion, and crime.

Kitchen sink realism (or kitchen sink drama) is a British cultural movement that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art,[1] novels, film and television plays, whose protagonists usually could be described as "angry young men" who were disillusioned with modern society. It used a style of social realism which depicted the domestic situations of working-class Britons, living in cramped rented accommodation and spending their off-hours drinking in grimy pubs, to explore controversial social and political issues ranging from abortion to homelessness.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_sink_realism

[XanaDUer2]

8. Thank you for

Your detailed reply! It is, indeed, of that genre