AUSTRALIA | 96 minutes | 2024 | T13
Director: Warwick Thornton
Script writer: Warwick Thornton
D.O.P: Warwick Thornton
Producer: Cate Blanchett, Lorenzo De Maio
Art designer: Daniel Willis
Composer: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman
Awards:
The New Boy has a total of 32 awards and nominations. Notably, the Spotlight Award for Warwick Thornton was voted by the American Society of Cinematographers. More notably, there were 8 nominations and 2 awards for Leading Actor and Cinematography at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Besides, it is nominated for Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.
Synopsis
The film is set in Australia in 1940. In the middle of the night, an orphaned aboriginal boy appeared in a remote monastery. The person who runs this place is Sister Eileen. Due to a different basis of belief between Eileen and the boy, conflicts begin to brew. His possession of a mysterious supernatural power also became a threat to the sect at the monastery. More and more, the boy is pushed closer to the boundary of life and death, forced to fight for survival.
