Review Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is the soulful story of a boy who has to fight against stereotypes and prejudices in a narrow-minded village. His passion sets him against his family and neighbours and sometimes against himself, because he does not want to be the other want, but a dancer. With a wonderful performance from Jamie Bell, the actor who plays the rol of Billy; the film shows the hard life in a mining town. Set in 1984 in the rough period of riots and strikes against the government, Billy, an eleven years old boy without mother, dreams of being a ballet dancer. Billy's father opposes his son, he does not want his son to be a ballet dancer, the father feels even embarrassed about it, and forbids Billy to dance, so Billy secretly attends ballet classes with a though but undernstandable teacher who pushes him to audition for a place in the Royal Ballet School. Thanks to his tenacity Billy will end up dancing, going to the audition with his father and getting the place at the school. Showing in this way that everyone can be whatever they want as long as they work for it. Highly recommendable for those who love dancing and good stories about people.