When his father sends him to boxing with his dead mother’s money, a striking miner’s son spends it on the ballet class across the hall.

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When his father sends him to boxing with his dead mother’s money, a striking miner’s son spends it on the ballet class across the hall and trains in secret for a London audition; but when his father catches him dancing and crosses his picket line to pay for it, the boy goes down to audition.

Film: Billy Elliot · Writer(s): Lee Hall · Director: Stephen Daldry · Year: 2000