Cinematic background from Billy Elliot 2000 - 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

Drama, Music

Directors:
Stephen Daldry
Writers:
Lee Hall
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A woman sitting on a chair in front of a girl
A boxing ring in a room with a person sitting on the bench
A person is walking in the dark in a building
A woman standing next to a young boy in a room