Original title:
The Black Balloon
[en]
The Black Balloon
[en]
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?
Genre
Drama
Country
Australia 
Budget
$5 000 000
Revenue
$5 000 000
Duration
1 hour 37 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Thomas Mollison
Rhys Wakefield
Charlie Mollison
Luke Ford
Maggie Mollison
Toni Collette
Simon Mollison
Erik Thomson
Jackie Masters
Gemma Ward
Woman Next Door
Sarah Woods
Kid Next Door
Sam Fraser
Mother in Van
Zelie Bullen
Mr. Masters
Anthony Phelan
Janet-Social Worker
Deborah Piper
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