Summary

The film Billy Elliot (2000) directed by Stephen Daldry opens in a mining town affected by the ongoing miners’ strike. Billy is a young boy who lives with his widowed father, Jackie, and his elder brother, Tony. Billy is expected to join his father and brother in the coal mines and reluctantly attends boxing classes as that is what the men in his family do. However, he does not enjoy boxing and is bad at it. Moreover, he finds himself drawn to the ballet lessons taking place in the same gym.

While waiting after his boxing lessons to give the gym key to the ballet teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy finds himself joining the class. Mrs. Wilkinson gives him a pair of ballet slippers, corrects his form, and Billy seems to be enjoying himself. At the end of the class, Mrs. Wilkinson invites him to join again the next week. 
Billy hides that he is attending ballet lessons instead of his usual boxing lessons from his family. He becomes more and more interested in ballet and even steals a book about ballet from the library and practices poses and moves in the bathroom. 

As the strike intensifies, Billy’s family faces more and more financial strain. His father and brother struggle with the harsh realities of the strike, creating tension within the household. Meanwhile, Billy’s commitment to ballet grows stronger, and Mrs. ...