The Black BalloonMark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, melodrama |
Year | 2008 |
Country | Australia , United Kingdom |
Premiere | |
Budget | $5 000 000 |
Box | in world | $2 224 607 | USA | $87 944 | In other countries | $2 136 663 |
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Duration | 01:37 |
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?