Project Detail

The New Boy

Name: The New Boy
Director: Christine Lalla
Genre: Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 82 mins

Synopsis

Two young sisters watch Sam, their new teenage neighbour from afar. They track his movements on and offline. When they finally meet him, 10 year-old Dani strikes up a friendship and stops her spying, preferring to enjoy his company. But teenage Louisa takes a different path. During her continued surveillance of him she slips into obsession before stumbling across another observer.

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Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 82 mins
Format: 2K ProRes - Canon C300
Director: Christine Lalla
Producer: Christine Lalla
Editor: Christine Lalla (as Nora Harrison)
Screenwriter: Christine Lalla (as Grace Patrick)
Director of Photography: Christine Lalla
Sound: Simon Hornett
Composer: Jim Hustwit
Principal cast: Joanne Gale, Rollo Skinner, Evie Playfoot-Orme, Lynn Howes, Caroline Davies, Peter F Gardiner, Gary Condes, Jackie Howe, Henry Playfoot
Soundtrack: Rollo Skinner, Steven Ray Morris (as Thank Goodness)

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Agent Husky Films Limited

christine@christinelalla.com

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