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    The Black Balloon

    The Black Balloon

    "Sometimes it's hard to be the odd one in."

    2008

    1:37:08

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    The Black Balloon

    Genre

    Drama

    Plot

    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?

    Director

    Elissa Down

    Writers

    Kelly Lefever, Duncan Thompson, Jimmy Jack, Elissa Down,

    Stars

    Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward,