Presentazione in inglese del film Billy Elliot, Dispense di Lingua Inglese

Scarica Presentazione in inglese del film Billy Elliot e più Dispense in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! BILLY ELLIOT ‘Uno dei migliori film dell’anno’ BILLY ELLIOT Se vo, : Billy Elliot • Director: Stephen Daldry • Screenwriter: Lee Hall • Year of production: 2000 • Country of production: UK, France • Producers: Greg Brenman, Jon Finn • Genre: comedy drama, musical • Awards: Academy Award for best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Director, BAFTA for Best Film, MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence • Setting: fictional County Durham town of Everington, North East England, during the 1984-85 miners's strike Main Themes and message of the film • Main themes: poverty, social class, police brutality, gender differences and homosexuality (a taboo subject in 1980s), friendship, passion and dance. • Message of the film: the film brings out a strong message of being true to yourself, overcoming family conflict and economic struggles. Billy fulfils his dream to become a professional ballet dancer. The miners' strike Billy Elliot is set in County Durham during the 1984-85 miners' strike against the closure of British coal mines. At the time Margaret Tatcher was Prime Minister and the Government wanted to close a lot of coal mines in UK. Many miners went on strike because they were afraid of losing their jobs. Inspirational quote • Tutor: What does it feel like when you're dancing? • Billy: Don't know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going... then I like, forget everything. And... sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body. And I've got this fire in my body. I'm just there. Flyin' like a bird. Like electricity. Yeah, like electricity.