Billy Elliot

2000 · directed by Stephen Daldry

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

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.

Billy Elliot (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Jamie Bell
• Gary Lewis
• Julie Walters

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