Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
“ Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it. ”
CINEMA2000-09-28
RegionFR / GB
Runtime111 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
County 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...
DIRECTOR / Director
Stephen Daldry
KEYWORDS
dancingfriendshipdreamsdancing classnorthern englandworkers' quarterstrikehomophobiahopementorsadnesssocialismyoungsterletterballet dancerstreet riotscoming of ageballetyoung boycross dressingcryingsingle fatherauditiondance classretrospectivelgbtrevoltballet schoolemotional vulnerabilityhelping childrensmart kidstreet kiddance teacher1980sminers strikefather son relationship80s throwbackballet dancinggay themelate 20th centuryteen playing kidyagenerational dividecelebratory
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