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The New Boy

  • 2023
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
1.4K
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Aswan Reid in The New Boy (2023)
In a remote monastery in 1940s Australia, a mission for Aboriginal children is run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett). A new charge (Aswan Reid) 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.
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In 1940s Australia, when a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, his presence disturbs a delicately balanced world.In 1940s Australia, when a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, his presence disturbs a delicately balanced world.In 1940s Australia, when a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, his presence disturbs a delicately balanced world.

  • Director
    • Warwick Thornton
  • Writer
    • Warwick Thornton
  • Stars
    • Aswan Reid
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Deborah Mailman
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Warwick Thornton
    • Writer
      • Warwick Thornton
    • Stars
      • Aswan Reid
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Deborah Mailman
    • 24User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 29 nominations total

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    Aswan Reid
    Aswan Reid
    • New Boy
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Sister Eileen
    Deborah Mailman
    Deborah Mailman
    • Sister Mum
    Wayne Blair
    Wayne Blair
    • George
    Shane Mckenzie Brady
    • Michael
    • (as Shane McKenzie-Brady)
    Tyrique Brady
    • Matthew
    Tyler Spencer
    • Johnny
    • (as Tyler Rockman Spencer)
    Kyle Miller
    • James
    Laiken Woolmington
    • David
    • (as Laiken Beau Woolmington)
    Kailem Miller
    • Steven
    Tyzailin Roderick
    • Henry
    Nathan Lawson
    • Policeman 1
    Peter Jupiter
    • Tracker
    Kit Fortune
    • Policeman 2
    Kenneth Radley
    • Policeman 3
    Kobe-Miller Dare
    • Child in Photo 1
    Lara Lorna McKenzie-Brady
    • Child in Photo 2
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    • Director
      • Warwick Thornton
    • Writer
      • Warwick Thornton
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    • Trivia
      Actress Cate Blanchett is a producer on this picture which was filmed in South Australia (S.A.). Her first starring role in a theatrical feature film was Parklands (1996) which was also shot in S.A. about just over 25 years earlier. One other person worked on both of these productions. This was her husband, Andrew Upton, who performed duties in the capacities of continuity on Parklands (1996) and producing on 'The New Boy'.

    User reviews24

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    !GARBAGE!

    I declare misled. I saw the trailer, I learned that Blanchett is playing in the lead-role (although lately I have been disappointed by her choices...) and finally I read the reviews of some ''objective'' imdb - critics of the film. And they tricked me. Reviews deify an idiocy that lasts almost two hours. They are singing the praises of a sleazeball shot in the desert, with a dark-haired kid with odd-colored hair playing the beastly guy from the Green Mile.... Blanchett is a nun who cannot digest that the strange little boy works miracles. The curious little guy also does incomprehensible nonsense, though. And time goes by, and nothing happens. But the reviews are exciting because...who knows? Boredom! Be objective, guys! The scores of 10/10 for this &''film'' is madness.
    • nikos_belitsis
    • Sep 21, 2023
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    • Release date
      • July 6, 2023 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cậu Bé Kỳ Lạ
    • Filming locations
      • South Australia, Australia(location)
    • Production companies
      • Dirty Films
      • Scarlett Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $780,646
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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