72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The New Boy

Warwick Thornton
Australia      115 m.
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In 1940s Australia, a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun. The new boy's presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.

Director
Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Screenplay
Warwick Thornton
Production
Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd (Australia)
Kath Shelper
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Goodfellas (France)
Photography
Warwick Thornton
Edition
Nick Meyers
Music
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Sound
Liam Egan
Cast
Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
115 m.
Original language of the film
English
Country
Australia
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