The Black Balloon

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

The Black Balloon

Drama|

6/10

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?

Rhys Wakefield

Luke Ford

Toni Collette

Erik Thomson

Gemma Ward

Sarah Woods

Sam Fraser

Zelie Bullen

Anthony Phelan

Deborah Piper

Henry Nixon

Rebecca Massey

Ryan Clark

Aaron Glenane

Lisa Kowalski

Nathin Art Butler

Firass Dirani

Kate Box