Boy Swallows Universe on Netflix is an Australian drama based on the bestselling novel by Trent Dalton. It follows a young boy forced to take on Brisbane’s criminal underworld in order to rescue his mum.
Set in the 1980s, Boy Swallows Universe stars Felix Cameron as working-class lad Eli Bell who lives with his selectively mute brother Gus (Lee Tiger Halley), his recovering drug addict mother Frances (played by Phoebe Tonkin) and heroin dealer stepfather Lyle (Travis Fimmel). His alcoholic dad is absent from his life and his babysitter is a notorious criminal, but Eli is determined to be a good person. But then his phone rings and his life changes forever. For Eli is the only person who can save those he loves.
