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Billy Elliot

  • 2000
  • TMDB 7.6/10
  • 1h 51m

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.

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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.

Cast

  • Jamie BellBilly Elliot
  • Gary LewisJackie Elliot
  • Julie WaltersMrs Wilkinson
  • Jean HeywoodGrandma
  • Jamie DravenTony Elliot
  • Stuart WellsMichael Caffrey
  • Mike ElliotGeorge Watson
  • Billy FaneMr Braithwaite

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