The Holy Boy

Released 2025 · Thriller, Drama, Fantasy · 122 min · ★ 6.7/10 · Directed by Paolo Strippoli

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.