The Holy Boy (2025)
La valle dei sorrisi
122 min
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.
- Release date
- August 30, 2025
- Country of origin
- Italy, Slovenia
- Budget
- $4,025,000
- Box office
- $377,925
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Trailer
Cast
- Michele Riondino as Sergio Rossetti
- 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
- Tatiana Lepore as Signora Berni
- Andrea Di Maria as Padre
- Giulio Feltri as Matteo Corbin
- Diego Nardini as Lorenzo Berni
Crew
- Paolo Strippoli · Director
- Jacopo Del Giudice · Writer
- Paolo Strippoli · Writer
- Milo Tissone · Writer
- Laura Paolucci · Producer
- Domenico Procacci · Producer
- Stefano Sardo · Producer
- Ines Vasiljevic · Producer
- Federico Bisozzi · Composer
- Davide Tomat · Composer
- Cristiano Di Nicola · Cinematographer
- Federico Palmerini · Editor
- Anna Pennella · Casting director
- Marcello Di Carlo · Production designer