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The Holy Boy
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The Holy Boy

2025 · NR · 2h 2m · Italian

A PE teacher moves to an 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.

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Release & where to watch

US theatrical
September 17, 2025
Streaming & digital
Not yet announced

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Genres

dramahorrorthriller

Details

Budget$4M
Box office$377,925

Directed by

Paolo Strippoli

Written by

Paolo Strippoli, Jacopo del Giudice, Milo Tissone

Cinematography

Cristiano Di Nicola

Music

Federico Bisozzi, Davide Tomat

Starring

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

Production

Fandango, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, Lazio Cinema International, MiC, Nightswim, Sky, SPOK Films, Vision Distribution

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