Billy Elliot

2000 7.6 (3911 votes) 1h 50m

Genres

Drama Comedy Music

Production Companies

StudioCanal
BBC Film
Tiger Aspect
Arts Council of England
Working Title Films
Universal Pictures
WT² Productions

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

Overview

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 talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.