The New Boy
A mysterious new arrival disturbs a delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
- Warwick Thornton
- 1h 56m
- July 6, 2023 · Australia
Overview
In a remote monastery in 1940s Australia, a mission for Aboriginal children is run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen. A new charge is delivered in the dead of night – a boy who appears to have special powers. When the monastery takes possession of a precious relic, a large carving of Christ on the cross, the new boy encounters Jesus for the first time and is transfixed. However, the boy’s Indigenous spiritual life does not gel with the mission’s Christianity and his mysterious power becomes a threat. Sister Eileen is faced with a choice between the traditions of her faith and the truth embodied in the boy, in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 6, 2023
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Dirty Films,Scarlett Pictures,Fremantle Australia
- Cast
- Les Rice,Aswan Reid,Kyle Miller,Tyler Rockman Spencer,Nathan Lawson,Shane Mckenzie Brady,Kenneth Radley,Kailem Miller,Tyrique Brady,Tyson Pawleyand 10 more
- Director
- Warwick Thornton
- Writer
- Warwick Thornton
- Producer
- Coco Francini,Andrew Upton,Kath Shelper,Gretel Packer,Cate Blanchett,Georgina Pym,Lorenzo De Maio
- Cinematography
- Warwick Thornton
- Music
- Nick Cave
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $780,646
- IMDb
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