Billy Elliot

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

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.

Director

Stephen Daldry

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Screenplay

Lee Hall

Status

Released

Release date

28/09/2000

Original language

English

Budget

US$ 5 M

Box office

US$ 109 M