On the shelf
The New Boy
2023Age guide: 12+
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Checked 11 Nov 2026 · Data: JustWatch
See it on the shelfIn 1940s Australia, when a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, his presence disturbs a delicately balanced world.
★ 6/10 · 32 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Cate BlanchettSister Eileen
Deborah MailmanSister Mum
Wayne BlairGeorge
Aswan ReidNew Boy
Kenneth RadleyPoliceman- Shane Mckenzie BradyMichael
- Tyrique BradyMatthew
- Laiken WoolmingtonDavid
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CinemaSerf: Set against a backdrop of a strongly colonial and white Australia, we are rather violently introduced to a young, blonde, Aboriginal lad (Aswan… Read full review