
Film
The Holy Boy
2025· 16· 2h 2m· Drama· Horror· Thriller
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.
2025-09-17
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorPaolo Strippoli
WriterJacopo del Giudice
ProducerDomenico Procacci
Director of PhotographyCristiano Di Nicola
Original Music ComposerDavide Tomat
EditorFederico Palmerini
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 22 crew)
Details
Released2025-09-17
Runtime2h 2m · 16
StatusReleased
StudiosNightswim · Fandango · Vision Distribution
Budget$4M
Box office$377,925
LanguagesItalian
CountriesItaly · Slovenia
Rating6.9/10 · 149 votes
Original languageit
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