A mysterious new arrival disturbs a delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
In a remote monastery in 1940s Australia, a mission for Aboriginal children is run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen. A new charge is delivered in the dead of night – a boy who appears to have special powers. When the monastery takes possession of a precious relic, a large carving of Christ on the cross, the new boy encounters Jesus for the first time and is transfixed. However, the boy’s Indigenous spiritual life does not gel 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 in the boy, in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.
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Cate Blanchett
Sister Eileen
Deborah Mailman
Sister Mum
Wayne Blair
George
Aswan Reid
New Boy
Kenneth Radley
Policeman
Shane Mckenzie Brady
Michael
Tyrique Brady
Matthew
Laiken Woolmington
David
Kyle Miller
James
Kailem Miller
Steven
Tyler Rockman Spencer
Johnny
Tyzailin Roderick
Henry
Nathan Lawson
Policeman #1
Peter Jupiter
Tracker
Kit Fortune
Policeman #2
Warwick Thornton
Director
Warwick Thornton
Writer
Coco Francini
Executive Producer
Lorenzo De Maio
Executive Producer
Gretel Packer
Executive Producer
Cate Blanchett
Producer
Andrew Upton
Producer
Kath Shelper
Producer
Georgina Pym
Producer
Warwick Thornton
Director of Photography
Nick Cave
Original Music Composer
Nick Meyers
Editor
Heather Wallace
Costume Design
Amy Baker
Production Design
