The Black Balloon
2008 · 97 min
Drama
★ 6.4Trailer
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
Crew
- Director Elissa Down
- Writer Jimmy Jack
- Writer Elissa Down
- Director of Photography Denson Baker
Cast
Rhys Wakefield
Thomas Mollison
Luke Ford
Charlie Mollison
Toni Collette
Maggie Mollison
Erik Thomson
Simon Mollison
Gemma Ward
Jackie Masters
- S
Sarah Woods
Woman Next Door
Sam Fraser
Kid Next Door
- Z
Zelie Bullen
Mother in Van
Anthony Phelan
Mr. Masters
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Deborah Piper
Janet-Social Worker
Henry Nixon
Trevor-Social Worker
Rebecca Massey
Miss Babb
Crew
- Director — Elissa Down
- Writer — Jimmy Jack
- Writer — Elissa Down
- Director of Photography — Denson Baker
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