After being found aimlessly wandering the Outback alone, a boy with an extraordinary gift is sent to a remote orphanage run by a nun harbouring a secret.
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.
Credits
Rating: 12A
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History
Director: Warwick Thornton
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman