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?
Release Date: 6 March 2008Runtime: 97 min
Stars:
- Anthony Phelan
- Bradley Orford
- Deborah Piper
- Erik Thomson
- Gemma Ward
- Henry Nixon
- Jan Ringrose
- Luke Ford
- Makirum Fahey-Leigh
- Oliver Brookes
- Rhys Wakefield
- Sam Fraser
- Sarah Woods
- Toni Collette
- Zelie Bullen
Director: Elissa Down
