The Holy Boy (2025)

If we could rid ourselves of all our pains, would we still be ourselves?

2h 2m · Released · TMDB ★ 6.7 (173)

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

Starring: Michele Riondino, Giulio Feltri, Paolo Pierobon, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Roberto Citran, Sergio Romano