With a tart tongue and a never-ending stream of cigarettes in her hand, Mrs. Before long, he finds himself in dance, demonstrating the kind of raw talent seldom seen by the class' exacting instructor, Mrs. The consequences of not doing that, as well the destruction of the labor movement juxtaposed with the “weird kid that wants to get out,” makes the message behind Billy Elliot just as relevant now. The life of 11-year-old Billy Elliot, a coal miner's son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. But what I do know is a good idea is keeping those communities strong, safe, and giving them a valid means of employment,” Daldry says. In Billy Elliot, the eponymous 11-year-old hero escapes the macho mining culture of his hometown by taking up ballet and vying for a scholarship to the prestigious Royal Ballet School.The plot isn. Or a reliance on fossil fuels is a good idea. “I’m not suggesting that people want to be miners. Billy lives in a small mining village near Durham with his widowed father, Jackie, and older brother, Tony, who are both coal miners out on strike and also his. “It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, people understand the idea that you’re part of an industrial, working class group that is being discarded.” And its question-of what happens to communities devastated by de-industrialization and privatization-has been thrust into the spotlight with the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump. I think it may be a little to much for kids of that age, but you certainly dont have to wait untill they are 14. For Daldry, the “loss of community” is key to the film’s global appeal. A boy who stumbles upon a ballet class and develops a passion for dance.