比利（杰米•贝尔 Jamie Bell 饰）的家人是英国的一个底层矿工。他们参加罢工，挣扎在贫困的生活中，并认为比利应该学些男人的拳术。比利本来每周都去一回拳击班，偶然的机会却让他走上了不一样的路途。 因为一个小意外，比利发现了潜意识中对芭蕾的热爱，而挑剔世故的芭蕾老师威尔金森（朱丽•沃特斯 Julie Walters 饰）无意中发现了比利极具芭蕾天赋。二人一拍即合，威尔金森甚至放弃她的一班女学生，把全部心思放在培养小比利上。可是比利的家庭全然不理解儿子为何爱上女生的玩意。比利在家庭的反对下，痛苦的抉择。 然而大好机会就在当前。万一考上伦敦的皇家芭蕾学校，比利的芭蕾梦想将得到一个广阔舞台。比利站在一个十字路口，选择着他的人生。
明星: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells
船員: Charles Brand (Producer), Stephen Daldry (Director), Jonathan Finn (Producer), Stephen Warbeck (Original Music Composer), Brian Tufano (Director of Photography), Natascha Wharton (Producer)
國家: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
語言: English
工作室: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions
运行时间: 110 分钟
質量: HD
发布日期: Sep 28, 2000
IMDb: 3.403
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