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New Boy

Ireland

2007-07-14(IE)
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Drama
▪ 0h-11m

65^%

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Overview

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.

Francis TaaffeProduction Design
Steph GreenDirector
Len ArranOriginal Music Composer
Lee HickeyEditor
Donal O'FarrellStunt Coordinator
Garret BaldwinGaffer

Top Billed Cast

Olutunji Ebun-Cole

Joseph

Simon O'Driscoll

Christian Kelly

Fionn O'Shea

Seth Quinn

Sinead Maguire

Hazel O'Hara

Norma Sheahan

Teacher Lady

Byron Kumbala

Joseph's Father

Sade Oyewole

Pamela

Daniel Culleton

Student 1

Karl Donovan

Student 2

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A review by CinemaSerf

7.0

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-03-21

When "Joseph" (Ulutunji Ebun-Cole) arrives at his new Irish junior school, he is immediately reminded of his school at home (somewhere in Africa) and of the trauma that he experienced there that rather dwarves the petty bullying that he is soon experiencing from two of his classmates. Luckily, the young "Hazel" (Sinead...

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