The New Boy

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 missions 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.

RELEASE DATE

15TH MAR 2024

CERTIFICATE

15

RUNTIME

96 Mins

GENRES

drama, fantasy, historical
DIRECTOR
WARWICK THORNTON
CAST
CATE BLANCHETT
CAST
ASWAN REID
CAST
WAYNE BLAIR