'Kes' is a 1969 British film from the social realist director Ken Loach (a former student at King Edward Grammar School, Nuneaton). The film has certain similarities to 'Fish Tank' as it focuses on 15-year-old Billy Casper, who has little hope in life and is bullied both at home, by his physically and verbally abusive half-brother, Judd, as well as at school. He is mischievous himself; he steals milk from milk floats, gets other students into trouble and generally fights and misbehaves. Billy comes over as an emotionally neglected boy with little self-respect. Billy's mother refers to him in the film as a "hopeless case".
'Kes' and social realism:
- Low budget filmmaking
- Hand-held camera (documentary feel)
- On location
- Deals with social issues/problems
- Socio-political messages and values
- Working class lifestyles
- Non-actors
- 'Kitchen Sink'
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