If we could rid ourselves of all our pains, would we still be ourselves?
The Holy Boy
TMDB
175 votes
Trailer
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Paolo Strippoli
- Written by
- Paolo Strippoli, Jacopo del Giudice, Milo Tissone
Cast
Michele Riondino
Sergio Rossetti
Giulio Feltri
Matteo Corbin
Paolo Pierobon
Mauro Corbin
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Michela
Roberto Citran
Don Attilio
Sergio Romano
Pichler
Anna Bellato
Anna
Sandra Toffolatti
Elisabetta Gengo
Gabriele Benedetti
Franco
Diego Nardini
Lorenzo Berni
Alex Radetic
Coso
Tatiana Lepore
Signora Berni
Andrea Di Maria
Padre
Valentina Elia
Madre
Ferruccio Macor
Simone
Vincenzo Tosetto
Vittorio
Details
- Released
- September 17, 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- IT
- Original title
- La valle dei sorrisi
- Country
- Italy, Slovenia
- Budget
- $4,025,000
- Box office
- $377,925
