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.

Release Date: 2000-09-28

Genres: Comedy ,Drama ,Music

Director: Stephen Daldry

Actors: Jamie Bell ,Julie Walters ,Jean Heywood ,Jamie Draven ,Gary Lewis ,Stephen Mangan ,Patrick Malahide ,Stuart Wells ,Tracey Wilkinson ,Nicola Blackwell

Duration: 1h 50m

IMDB rating: 7.6