“The New Boy”: this is the new film by Cate Blanchett that premieres at the Cannes Film Festival

Cate Blanchett is on her way to releasing her next film. After her Oscar nomination for “Tár” (by Todd Field), the actress will present “The New Boy” at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Deadline, revealed what the new film that will lead and produce the multi-winner of the Hollywood Academy Awards (for “The Aviator” and “Blue Jasmine”), and which has the direction of Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton.Cate Blanchett will play a nun installed in a convent, whose life changes when she adopts an indigenous child.The story goes back to 1940. A nun who lives in a monastery adopts an indigenous child with special gifts, and who begins to question his dogmas and ecclesiastical structures. “When the monastery takes possession of a precious relic, the child is paralyzed when he meets Jesus for the first time, but his indigenous spiritual life does not fit with the Christianity of the mission and his mysterious powers become a threat. “, advances the medium according to the synopsis, which raises the conflict that Blanchett’s character will go through, who must decide between “the traditions of his faith and the truth incarnated in the child.” The film is produced by the actress, along with Kath Shelper for Scarlett Pictures, Andrew Upton and co-producer Georgie Pym for Dirty Films, and Lorenzo De Maio (of De Maio Entertainment), with Coco Francini serving as executive producer for Dirty Films alongside Gretel Packer. “The New Boy” during production.For its part, “The New Boy” will mean the director’s return to Cannes, where he won the Caméra d’or in 2009 for “Samson and Delilah”. In addition, the film could establish connections with personal experiences: such as his secondary education in a Christian school, as well as his subsequent approach to native communities when he filmed his series of documentaries “Art + Soul” about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

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