男性凝视的终极影像化and you kinda feel sad for those boys coz they just haven't got a clue, not even after 20 years, after they've all grown into adults. And that, is sad.
Loach's sobering yet poetic realism offers a down-to-earth look at an adolescent's ache from and obstinacy against poverty, indifference, abuse and violence, along with his desperation to find hope, symbolized by the kestrel, in the face of the bleak outlook of life.