‘The New Boy’ film to open June 13 at Cinema Art Theater

Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present the compelling historical drama “The New Boy,” opening Friday, June 13.

From acclaimed filmmaker Warwick Thornton, “The New Boy” takes place in 1940s Australia at a remote monastery with a mission for Aboriginal children run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett).

A new charge (Aswan Reid) is delivered in the dead of night – a boy who appears to have special powers. However, the child’s Indigenous spiritual life does not mesh with the mission's Christianity, and his mysterious power becomes a threat. Sister Eileen is faced with a choice between the traditions of her faith and the truth embodied by the boy in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.

To learn more, go to rehobothfilm.com.