The Holy Boy (2025)
Original title: La valle dei sorrisi
The Holy Boy is a 2025 Italian-language horror movie directed by Paolo Strippoli, with a running time of 2h 2m. It stars Michele Riondino, Giulio Feltri and Paolo Pierobon.
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.
Cast
- 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
- Gabriele Benedetti as Franco
- Diego Nardini as Lorenzo Berni
- Alex Radetic as Coso
- Tatiana Lepore as Signora Berni