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The Black Balloon

65.06% | Mar 08, 2008 | Drama

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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Elissa Down
Director
Tristram Miall
Producer

Cast

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Rhys Wakefield
Thomas Mollison
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Luke Ford
Charlie Mollison
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Toni Collette
Maggie Mollison
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Erik Thomson
Simon Mollison
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Gemma Ward
Jackie Masters

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