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.

• DirectorStephen Daldry
• Release28 September 2000
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration1h 51m
• Budget$5,000,000
• Revenue$109,280,263
• Rate
  

  7.594
  3997 reviews
• Productions

  StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures