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The Holy Boy

THE HOLY BOY

La valle dei sorrisi

2025 • IT HMDB

September 17, 2025

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.

Directors

Paolo Strippoli

Dramma Horror Thriller

Cast

Michele Riondino

Sergio Rossetti

Giulio Feltri

Matteo Corbin

Paolo Pierobon

Mauro Corbin

Romana Maggiora Vergano

Michela

Sergio Romano

Pichler

Anna Bellato

Anna

Sandra Toffolatti

Elisabetta Gengo

Roberto Citran

Don Attilio

Gabriele Benedetti

Franco

Diego Nardini

Lorenzo Berni

Crew

Production: Ines Vasiljević (Producer) — Stefano Sardo (Producer) — Domenico Procacci (Producer) — Laura Paolucci (Producer) — Ivan Fiorini (Executive Producer) — Attilio Moro (Executive Producer)

Screenplay: Paolo Strippoli (Writer) — Jacopo del Giudice (Writer) — Milo Tissone (Writer)

Music: Federico Bisozzi (Original Music Composer) — Davide Tomat (Original Music Composer)

Cinematography: Cristiano Di Nicola (Director of Photography)