The Holy Boy

(2025)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 160 votes

Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama

Year: 2025

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: Italy, Slovenia

Director: Paolo Strippoli

Cast: Michele Riondino, Giulio Feltri, Paolo Pierobon, Романа Маджора Вергано, Roberto Citran, Sergio Romano, Anna Bellato, Sandra Toffolatti, Gabriele Benedetti, Diego Nardini

Plot

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.