of wrote 20 years ago from personal experience, and then it s been extrapolated out from there. but in a nutshell, it s set on a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. and the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, who s officiating mass, the priest is dead. and one night, unceremoniously, a young indigenous boy is dumped on the doorstep of the monastery to be cared for as part of the reprehensible government policy of assimilation of indigenous children, in order to separate indigenous children from their culture. and this powerful spirituality of this young boy destabilises the surety of the catholic faith there, and these strange miracles start to happen. which we see so vividly in the performance by this little boy, by aswan reid, just nine years old, and you can t take your eyes off him when he s on screen. he s absolutely magnetic. erm, i mean, we were so lucky to find him. i remember warwick. warwick thornton and i start
most successful actors. she s won notjust one but two academy awards. brought up originally in australia, she s returned to her roots for her latest film, the new boy, which she s also produced. it s the story of a young boy from an indigenous background who s kidnapped and then forced to live in a catholic orphanage. cate blanchett, welcome to the arts interview. thank you. so i wanted to begin byjust getting you to explain the whole idea of new boy. well, it s a film by warwick thornton, who s one of australia s great directors. he s a cinematographer, he s a writer, and this is a film that s intensely personal that he s sort of wrote 20 years ago from personal experience, and then it s been extrapolated out from there. but in a nutshell, it s set on a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. and the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, who s officiating mass, the priest is dead. and one night, unceremoniously, a young indige
on a remote monastery in the 1940s, so the backdrop is the second world war. and the monastery is being presided over by a nun, who i play, who s officiating mass, the priest is dead. and one night, unceremoniously, a young indigenous boy is dumped on the doorstep of the monastery to be cared for as part of the reprehensible government policy of assimilation of indigenous children, in order to separate indigenous children from their culture. and this powerful spirituality of this young boy destabilises the surety of the catholic faith there, and these strange miracles start to happen. which we see so vividly in the performance by this little boy, by aswan reid, just nine years old, and you can t take your eyes off him when he s on screen. he s absolutely magnetic. erm, i mean, we were so lucky to find him. i remember warwick. warwick thornton and i started to have these conversations over the pandemic, as a lot of people did, you know, and he was talking about this story, and
about 10 in the fairfield area. temperatures today soaring to 60s at the beaches and 60s and 70s around the peninsula. these are much warmer than yesterday. 73 degrees in campbell and cupertino los gatos and saratoga. good morning to you in alviso and alum rock in the low 70s. upper 60s union city and newark. we are talking low 70s in walnut creek back through pinole into hercules. pleasant hill in the low 70s. 74 degrees my outside number towards antioch back through discovery bay also 74 in napa. hey, how about 75 in sonoma? high 60s in mill valley. and again, a brisk wind everywhere today up to 20 gusts to 25. temperatures 60s and 70s. now, this is nothing! i even had warmer weather to talk about. that s at 18 minutes after the hour. but right now let s send it over to jaclyn. good morning. and we are dealing with some mass transit delays. right now a richmond station closed, a bart richmond station closed due to a power issue at that station. and crews are working to re
i want to speak to a lawyer. no, you want to speak to us, okay? this is kidnapping, and you have a record. if we don t find those kids, things won t look too good for you. i ve got nothing to say. sarge, we got jason wallace. no kids at the hotel. and this guy is not talking. keep trying. sorry about that. so two girls, boy they live with you? they live with their father? spike: boss, i just got off the phone with the uniform we sent to the kids school to take helen home. yeah, spike? she was gone when he got there. and she s not at her house either. so helen isn t at the school, she isn t at home. this is interesting. where would she go next? she s got an older sister colleen. i got her address. sister colleen. leah. i want you to go to the house, see what the sister knows. copy that. amanda? so why are you being so loyal to an ex-girlfriend? what do you mean? well, she said that you guys broke up two days ago. no, that s not true. apparently, she was willing to leave you