Steven Daldry directs Jamie Bell in his first motion picture for which he received the Best Actor BAFTA alongside the Oscar-winning Julie Walters.
View full cast & crewIt's 1984 - Times are hard for young Billy Elliot. His family are embroiled in the miners' strike and Billy is desperate to be a dancer. He has to overcome his father's opposition to his dream and try to win a place at the prestigious Royal Ballet School.