Billy Elliot (2000)
Add to WatchlistCounty Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
dancing
friendship
dreams
dancing class
northern england
workers' quarter
Cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Language: EN
Studio: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
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