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The New Boy
Synopsis
Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy is the story of a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery, run by a renegade nun, where his presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
Details
- Cast
- Aswan Reid - Aboriginal orphan boy
Cate Blanchett - nun
Deborah Mailman
Wayne Blair
Shane Brady
Tyrique Brady
Laiken Woolmington
Kailem Miller
Kyle Miller
Tyzailin Roderick
Tyler Spencer - Rating
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Other films by Warwick Thornton
- 1996Pay Back
- 2002Mimi
- 2003Rosalie's Journey
- 2005The Old Man and the Inland Sea
- 2005Green Bush
- 2007Tnorala – Baby Falling
- 2007Nana
- 2008Dark Science
- 2009Samson & Delilah
- 2010Art + Soul
- 2013The Turning: Big World
- 2013The Darkside
- 2017We Don't Need A Map
- 2017Sweet Country
- 2019The Beach
- 2020Mystery Road (TV series, Season 2)
- 2021Firebite
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