Billy Elliot

The story

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.

• #gay theme
• #1980s
• #father son relationship
• #ya
• #ballet dancing
• #youngster
• #generational divide
• #dance teacher
• #hope
• #miners strike
• #ballet dancer
• #homophobia