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The Black Balloon
2008, Mar 08
1h 37m
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?
Directed by
Elissa Down
Written by
Jimmy Jack, Elissa Down
Toni Collette
Maggie Mollison
Firass Dirani
Russell
Rhys Wakefield
Thomas Mollison
Gemma Ward
Jackie Masters
Kate Box
Elizibeth
Henry Nixon
Trevor-Social Worker
Anthony Phelan
Mr. Masters
Luke Ford
Charlie Mollison
Aaron Glenane
Bucko
Rebecca Massey
Miss Babb
Erik Thomson
Simon Mollison
Nathin Art Butler
Chris
Sam Fraser
Kid Next Door
Sarah Woods
Woman Next Door
Deborah Piper
Janet-Social Worker
Ryan Clark
Dean
Lisa Kowalski
Sally
Jimmy Jack
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