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The Holy Boy

The Holy Boy

2025•2h 2m•7.2/10
HorrorThrillerDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.2/10(111)

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.

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Production

Nightswim, Fandango, Vision Distribution, MiC, Lazio Cinema International, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, SPOK Films, Sky

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Michele Riondino

Michele Riondino

Sergio Rossetti

Giulio Feltri

Giulio Feltri

Matteo Corbin

Paolo Pierobon

Paolo Pierobon

Mauro Corbin

Romana Maggiora Vergano

Romana Maggiora Vergano

Michela

Roberto Citran

Roberto Citran

Don Attilio

Sergio Romano

Sergio Romano

Pichler

Anna Bellato

Anna Bellato

Anna

Sandra Toffolatti

Sandra Toffolatti

Elisabetta Gengo

Gabriele Benedetti

Franco

Diego Nardini

Lorenzo Berni

Alex Radetic

Coso

Tatiana Lepore

Tatiana Lepore

Signora Berni

Andrea Di Maria

Andrea Di Maria

Padre

Valentina Elia

Madre

Ferruccio Macor

Simone

Vincenzo Tosetto

Vincenzo Tosetto

Vittorio

Riccardo Michelutti

Giacomo

Emma Dugo

Nichi

Caterina Boato

Lisa

Marco Gennaro

Erich

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