The Holy Boy
If we could rid ourselves of all our pains, would we still be ourselves?
2025 · 2h 2m · N/A
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Directed by
Paolo Strippoli
Overview
A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.
Director and cast
- Paolo Strippoli Director
- Michele Riondino as Sergio Rossetti
- Giulio Feltri as Matteo Corbin
- Paolo Pierobon as Mauro Corbin
- Romana Maggiora Vergano as Michela
- Roberto Citran as Don Attilio
- Sergio Romano as Pichler
- Anna Bellato as Anna
- Sandra Toffolatti as Elisabetta Gengo
- Gabriele Benedetti as Franco
- Diego Nardini as Lorenzo Berni
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