The movie

The New Boy

A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.

Length: 96 min
Country: Australia
Language spoken: English
Language subtitles: Dutch
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair
Director: Warwick Thornton
Release date: 18/07/2024

Description

Set in 1940s Australia, "The New Boy" is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Blanchett), where his presence disturbs the delicately-balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.