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.
Details
- Director
- Stephen Daldry
- Writer
- Lee Hall
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $5,000,000
Cast
Billy Fane
Carol McGuigan
Gary Lewis
Jamie Bell
Jamie Draven
Jean Heywood
Julie Walters
Mike Elliot
Nicola Blackwell
Stuart Wells
Keywords
1980s
80s throwback
audition
ballet
ballet dancer
ballet dancing
ballet school
celebratory
coming of age
cross dressing
crying
dance class
dance teacher
dancing
dancing class
dreams
emotional vulnerability
father son relationship
friendship
gay theme
generational divide
helping children
homophobia
hope
late 20th century
letter
lgbt
mentor
miners strike
northern england
retrospective
revolt
sadness
single father
small person
smart kid
socialism
street kid
street riots
strike
teen playing kid
workers' quarter
ya
young boy
youngster
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