The New Boy
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.
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"Set against a backdrop of a strongly colonial and white Australia, we are rather violently introduced to a young, blonde, Aboriginal lad (Aswan Reid) who is conked out by a boomerang and awakens to find himself in the care of "Sister Eileen" (Cate Blanchett) and "Sister Mum" (Deborah Mailman) at a remote orphanage. She is pretty devout and he is very much in tune with nature - both people of faith, but not the same kind. The arrival of a large wooden crucifix to top their altar seems to focus both of them on what now becomes a rather dry and simplistic tale of spirituality...."
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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'.
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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.