Billy Elliot

Movie info

Synopsis

Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an 11-year-old boy living in northeast England in the mid-1980s. While his gruff father and brother are taking part in a massive coal miners strike, Billy goes to boxing lessons and furtively plays his dead mother's piano out of loneliness. One day Billy notices a ballet class nearby. Intrigued, he begins practicing and taking lessons from Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters), a tough-minded teacher. Billy begins to fall in love with ballet but keeps his lessons a secret from his family, who struggle to put food on the table while the strike drags on. When his father finally learns the truth, a family crisis erupts, and Billy struggles to prove that dancing is more than just a hobby--it's his dream.

Movie info:

Release:

2000

Running Time:

106 min

Certificate:

Suitable only for 15 years and over

Availability:

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Genre:

• Comedy
• , 
• Drama

Cast:

• Jamie Bell
• Julie Walters
• Gary Lewis

Director:

• Stephen Daldry

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