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The New Boy is a 2023 Australian drama film about an Aboriginal orphan boy in a Christian monastery. It stars Aswan Reid, Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, and Wayne Blair, and was directed by Warwick Thornton.
A nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy arrives at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun in 1940s Australia. The film explores his spiritual journey and the clash of cultures in this semi-autobiographical story by Warwick Thornton.
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- Drama, Fantasy, History
- Warwick Thornton
- 2023-07-06
Jun 6, 2023 · From award-winning director Warwick Thornton, #TheNewBoy only in cinemas from July 6.The New Boy depicts the mesmeric story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan...
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- Roadshow Films
May 19, 2023 · Cate Blanchett and promising discovery Aswan Reid in 'The New Boy,' Warwick Thornton's drama of an Aboriginal child's struggle for spiritual survival.
Watch the official trailer of The New Boy, a film about a renegade nun and a special boy in a 1940s Australian monastery. The film explores the spiritual struggle and the cost of survival in a clash of cultures and faiths.
- 2 min
Mar 14, 2024 · A boy with a strange power is at the centre of Indigenous director Warwick Thornton’s idiosyncratic movie.
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Jun 28, 2023 · Mixing realism with the magical aspects of a fable, The New Boy is set in 1940s Australia and centres around an Aboriginal child (played by 11-year-old newcomer Aswan Reid) with mysterious 'powers'.