The Black Balloon

The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian drama movie about an unusual suburban family in Sydney in the early 1990s. It was directed by Elissa Down and written by Down and Jimmy Jack. It stars Rhys Wakefield as 15 year old Thomas Mollison, Luke Ford as his slightly older brother Charlie, Toni Collette as his pregnant mother Maggie and Erik Thomson as his father Simon, who is in the army. Charlie is severely autistic and unable to speak. He sometimes has outbursts of inappropriate or destructive behaviour. Gemma Ward plays Thomas' girlfriend Jackie Masters.

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Category:2000s coming-of-age movies
Category:2008 romantic drama movies
Category:2000s teen drama movies
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Category:Australian drama movies
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Category:Coming-of-age drama movies
Category:Coming-of-age romance movies
Category:2000s English-language movies
Category:Movies about dysfunctional families
Category:Movies about suburbia
Category:Movies set in the 1990s
Category:Sydney
Category:Movies about autism