Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) trades World War II era-Los Alamos for a mid-90s English boarding school in the upcoming Steve.
Directed by Tim Mielants, Steve invites viewers into a pivotal day in the life of its titular character (Murphy). He's the headteacher at a last-chance reform school for boys, a crumbling institution faced with external pressure but little actual support. Among the school's students is Shy (Jay Lycurgo), a troubled teen struggling to reconcile his tough past with his potential future.
Shy is actually the main character of the novella on which Steve is based, Max Porter's Sunday Times bestseller Shy. While the novella brings us into Shy's innermost thoughts and feelings, the film reimagines its source material to center Steve instead, following