Billy Elliot (2000)

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

• 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.

Rating

7.6 / 10 (4,210 votes)

Release date

September 28, 2000

Runtime

1h 51m

Language

English

Director

Stephen Daldry

Status

Released