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The Black Balloon (2008)
Directed by Elissa Down
“Normal is relative.”
Drama · 1h 37m
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?
Cast
Rhys Wakefield
Thomas Mollison
Luke Ford
Charlie Mollison
Toni Collette
Maggie Mollison
Erik Thomson
Simon Mollison
Gemma Ward
Jackie Masters
S
Sarah Woods
Woman Next Door
Sam Fraser
Kid Next Door
Z
Zelie Bullen
Mother in Van
Anthony Phelan
Mr. Masters
D
Deborah Piper
Janet-Social Worker
Henry Nixon
Trevor-Social Worker
Rebecca Massey
Miss Babb
Crew
- Director
- Elissa Down
- Writer
- Elissa Down, Jimmy Jack
- Director of Photography
- Denson Baker
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Yezerski
- Editor
- Veronika Jenet
- Producer
- Tristram Miall
Details
- Release date
- 2008-03-08
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia, United States of America
- Production
- Black Balloon Productions, Icon Productions
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $5,000,000