CityLife

A film about Billy, a Yorkshire school boy, who is neglected and misunderstood, bullied at school and abused at home. Failed by society and detached from the world around him he finds solace in the unlikely form of a chick kestrel, Kes. Nurturing Kes provides an escape from the mundane reality of life and allows Billy to discover his true identity. As the relationship grows so does Billy's spirit and he soon uncovers a whole new world, a peace and purpose to life which others around him cannot begin to understand.

CityLife review

It’s certainly grim oop north for young Billy Casper. Living in the Yorkshire of the 1960s, where coal is still being mined and goin’ down t’ pit is one of the few career options, poor Billy is neglected, misunderstood and bullied. more