Geronimo19672023-10-21T10:47:12.219Z

8/10

I hadn't seen this film since it was released when it was shown recently as a part of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. The fact that it was chosen by the kids of today in what would have been just as unlikely a setting for this film as the North of England speaks volume...

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Release

28/09/2000

Rating

🌟 7.6/10

Runtime

111 min

Status

Released

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$109,280,263

Genres

Drama Comedy Music

Languages

English

Production

Links

IMDb Wikidata

Billy Elliot

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.