The Black Balloon
Drama
Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in.
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?
2008-03-08
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Cast
Director
Elissa Down
Rhys Wakefield as Thomas Mollison
Luke Ford as Charlie Mollison
Toni Collette as Maggie Mollison
Erik Thomson as Simon Mollison
Gemma Ward as Jackie Masters
Sam Fraser as Kid Next Door
Anthony Phelan as Mr. Masters
Henry Nixon as Trevor-Social Worker
Rebecca Massey as Miss Babb
Aaron Glenane as Bucko
Nathin Art Butler as Chris
Firass Dirani as Russell
Kate Box as Elizibeth