The Black Balloon · 2008 ·
“Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in.”
Movie Details
Production information
12 fields
Released
2008-03-08
Runtime
97 min
Genre
Drama
Director
Elissa Down
Writer
Kelly Lefever, Duncan Thompson, Jimmy Jack, Elissa Down
Country
Australia, United States of America
Language
English
Status
Released
Budget
$5,000,000
Revenue
$5,000,000
Production
Black Balloon Productions, Icon Productions
Cast
Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward, Sarah Woods, Sam Fraser, Zelie Bullen, Anthony Phelan, Deborah Piper
Storyline
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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