The Black Balloon (2008)1h37
Drama
Director Elissa Down
Also directed Feel the Beat, The Honor List, Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go, and 4 more
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?
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Cast
Rhys Wakefield
Luke Ford
Toni Collette
Erik Thomson
Gemma Ward- Sarah Woods
Sam Fraser