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Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

Release: 2000-09-28 ·Runtime: 110m ·★ 7.6
Drama Comedy Music

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.

Production Countries

France United Kingdom United States of America

Production Companies

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