It's hard to grew up in a miner town

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2001)

Definitively England cinema is having a sort of "British renaissance" compared to some others European cinema industries. This beautiful film about a sad story of a "different likings" boy grew up in a miner town full of strikes in the middle of the Thatcher age teaches you a lot on how difficult is to fight countercurrent against a town and against of a lot of prejudices and stereotypes behind the ballet and its environment.
Beautifully performed by Jimmie Bell as Billy Elliot and Julie Walters, his ballet teacher, film goes slowly but effective into the child mind searching and discovering all details about his strong personality. The sociopolitical frame is well printed in the film.
Rating: 7/10