Billy Elliot

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

2000-09-28 Run Time 111 mins

7.6

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.

Budget : $5,000,000 USD

Genres : Drama, Comedy, Music,

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

The Movie DB : 71

Imdb : tt0249462