Freddie Fletcher

Director Ken Loach received international acclaim for this enormously moving tale of a lonely working-class Yorkshire boy, who turns from a life of comic books and shoplifting when he finds a baby kestrel and decides to raise and train it.

Bill Coward, a young boy living with his father and grandfather, launches his own investigation after reading about an unknown animal attacking the livestock in town. The beast becomes a metaphor for the everyday problems the townsfolk face.