‘The film is more optimistic than people consider’: Why the poignant Kes is Britain’s greatest coming-of-age story

First released in November 1969, Ken Loach’s social-realist tale of a boy who adopts a kestrel still resonates and has become a timeless classic of British cinema.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241114-why-the-bleak-and-poignant-kes-is-britains-greatest-coming-of-age-story