Billy Elliot (2000)

MovieDrama, Comedy, Music1h 51m
Billy Elliot (2000) movie posterReview score: 76%

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Plot

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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Jamie BellJamie BellBilly ElliotGary LewisGary LewisJackie ElliotJulie WaltersJulie WaltersMrs WilkinsonJean HeywoodJean HeywoodGrandmaJamie DravenJamie DravenTony ElliotStuart WellsStuart WellsMichael CaffreyMike ElliotMike ElliotGeorge Watson
Billy Fane
Billy FaneMr Braithwaite

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