The Holy Boy (2025)

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

• Thriller
• Drama
• Fantasy

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.

Rating

6.7 / 10 (174 votes)

Release date

September 17, 2025

Runtime

2h 02m

Language

Italian

Director

Paolo Strippoli

Status

Released