The Black Balloon

Normal is relative.

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?

• Release date
• March 8, 2008
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Elissa Down

Cast

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

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Sarah Woods Woman Next Door Sam Fraser Kid Next Door

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Zelie Bullen Mother in Van