THE NEW BOY

By Warkwick THORNTON

BBC PROGRAMME ACQUISITION - as BROAD

Drama - Completed 2023

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.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2023
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • AUSTRALIA
    • Director(s)
    • Warkwick THORNTON
    • Writer(s)
    • Warwick THORNTON
    • Producer(s)
    • Kath SHELPER (Scarlett Pictures), Cate BLANCHETT (DIRTY FILMS), Andrew UPTON (DIRTY FILMS), Georgie PYM (DIRTY FILMS)