Story about Billy Elliot / 舞动人生 / 芭蕾之梦 / 比利・艾略特 / 穷人的孩子爱芭蕾 / 跳出我天地
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his...
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike againt the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firtborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy's poor record in boxing class, which woren when they discover he sneakily tranferred 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 indispenable support.
