Billy Elliot (28/09/2000)
Synopsis
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
StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions
Pays de production
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music
Jamie Bell
Gary Lewis
Julie Walters
Jean Heywood
Jamie Draven
Stuart Wells