The Holy Boy
2025•2h 2m•7.0•Released
HorrorThrillerDrama
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
Paolo Strippoli
Writer
Paolo Strippoli, Jacopo del Giudice, Milo Tissone
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
Italian
Studio
Nightswim
Cast
Michele Riondino
Sergio Rossetti
Giulio Feltri
Matteo Corbin
Paolo Pierobon
Mauro Corbin
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Michela
Roberto Citran
Don Attilio
Sergio Romano
Pichler
Anna Bellato
Anna
Sandra Toffolatti
Elisabetta Gengo
Gabriele Benedetti
Franco
Diego Nardini
Lorenzo Berni
Alex Radetic
Coso
Tatiana Lepore
Signora Berni
Andrea Di Maria
Padre
Valentina Elia
Madre
Ferruccio Macor
Simone
Production
Company
Nightswim
Company
Fandango
Company
Vision Distribution
Company
MiC
Company
Lazio Cinema International
Company
Fondo Audiovisivo FVG
Company
SPOK Films
Company
Sky
Producer
Stefano Sardo
Producer
Ines Vasiljević
Producer
Domenico Procacci
Producer
Laura Paolucci
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