A brand-new Netflix film that’s been branded ‘devastating’ and a ‘superbly acted diamond in the rough’ will be streaming on the platform this week.

Considered an Oscars hopeful by Netflix, Steve has already been showing in selected cinemas and generated buzz after premiering at Toronto International Film Festival in September.

Starring Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy as the committed titular headteacher battling for his reform school’s survival while managing his own mental health, the film is based on Max Porter’s acclaimed novella Shy.

Across one pivotal day, it also follows troubled student Shy (Jay Lycurgo) among the cohort of spirited boys with behavioural and societal difficulties at Stanton Wood as he navigates his violent tendencies and fragility, torn between his past and f

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