from Barry Hines’s novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted by Barry Hines,
Ken Loach & Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach
starring David Bradley, Freddie Fletcher & Lynne Perrie

A classic by all stretches of the imagination. It projected Loach to
the forefront of British filmmaking but also transformed the lives of all
children growing up in the 1970s with its gritty portrayal of Yorkshire
and the glimmer of hope provided by an unlikely relationship between
a boy and a bird. Bradley, who had never previously acted, provides
an unaffected, natural performance.

A deeply affecting film that is gripping all the way from drab start to shattering climax
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