The read
A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 64/100. Streaming on Hulu.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Warwick ThorntonDirector
- Warwick ThorntonWriter
- Nick CaveOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cate BlanchettSister Eileen
- Deborah MailmanSister Mum
- Wayne BlairGeorge
- Aswan ReidNew Boy
- Kenneth RadleyPoliceman
- Shane Mckenzie BradyMichael
- Tyrique BradyMatthew
- Laiken WoolmingtonDavid
- Kyle MillerJames
- Kailem MillerSteven
- Tyler Rockman SpencerJohnny
- Tyzailin RoderickHenry
