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The Black Balloon

65.24 %|Mar 8, 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?

Featured Crew

Tristram Miall
Producer
Denson Baker
Director of Photography
Michael Yezerski
Original Music Composer
Veronika Jenet
Editor
Elissa Down
Director
Nicholas McCallum
Production Design
Jimmy Jack
Writer
Elissa Down
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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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Sarah Woods
Woman Next Door
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Sam Fraser
Kid Next Door
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Zelie Bullen
Mother in Van
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Anthony Phelan
Mr. Masters
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Deborah Piper
Janet-Social Worker
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Henry Nixon
Trevor-Social Worker
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Kate Box
Elizibeth