7.7/10
IMDB Rating : 7.7
FD Smart Rating : 7.7
Synopsis : When a boy trades boxing school for ballet lessons, he may take his newfound talent all the way to the top - and win over his disapproving father.
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Gary Lewis , Carol McGuigan , Jamie Draven , Jamie Bell , Colin MacLachlan , Joe Renton , Mike Elliot , Janine Birkett , Stuart Wells , Trevor Fox , Nicola Blackwell , Billy Fane , Julie Walters , Jean Heywood , Charlie Hardwick , Adam Cooper
English [Original] , English - Audio Description , Polish , German , Russian , Japanese , European Spanish , French , Turkish , Italian , Spanish
English , German , Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese , Russian , Korean , European Spanish , French , Norwegian , Italian , Vietnamese , Dutch , Danish , Icelandic , Indonesian , Finnish , Swedish
Drama, Music
2000
1h50m
Recommended for Mature Audiences
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferred to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy's desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother's opposition to indispensable support.