| Uniform Title |
New boy (Motion picture : 2023) |
| Title |
The new boy. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2023. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (111 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-126237-9. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2023. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Warwick Thornton. |
| Performers |
Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair and Aswan Reid. |
| Summary |
From award-winning director Warwick Thornton (Sweet Country, Samson and Delilah), set in the 1940's The New Boy depicts the mesmeric story of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy (Aswan Reid) who arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Cate Blanchett). |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9 ; Letterbox 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Boys, Aboriginal Australian -- Drama |
| Nuns -- Australia -- Drama |
| Church work with orphans -- Australia -- Drama |
| Children -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Drama |
| Christianity and other religions -- Aboriginal Australian -- Drama |
| Supernatural -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| First Nations. Religious films |
| Fantasy films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Thornton, Warwick director, screenwriter. |
| Blanchett, Cate, 1969- actor. |
| Mailman, Deborah actor. |
| Blair, Wayne, 1971- actor. |
| Reid, Aswan actor. |
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