Billy Elliot (2000)

Set against the background of the 1984 Miners’ Strike, 11-year-old Billy Elliot stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes.

• 1980s
• audition
• ballet
• ballet school
• dance teacher
• dancing class
• durham england
• father son relationship
• miners strike
• northern england
• scholarship
• single father
• strike
• workers' quarter