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Billy Elliot

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

★ 7.6 2000 111 min R DramaComedyMusic

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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Release
2000-09-28
Rating
R
TMDB score
7.6/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Studio
StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect
Topicsdancingfriendshipdreamsdancing classnorthern englandworkers' quarterstrikehomophobia

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