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The Holy Boy

Original title: La valle dei sorrisi

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 164 votes

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.

Director
Paolo Strippoli
Release date
Sep 17, 2025
Original language
Italian
Origin
Italy, Slovenia

Cast of The Holy Boy

  • Portrait of Michele Riondino

    Michele Riondino

    Sergio Rossetti

  • Portrait of Giulio Feltri

    Giulio Feltri

    Matteo Corbin

  • Portrait of Paolo Pierobon

    Paolo Pierobon

    Mauro Corbin

  • Portrait of Romana Maggiora Vergano

    Romana Maggiora Vergano

    Michela

  • Portrait of Roberto Citran

    Roberto Citran

    Don Attilio

  • Portrait of Sergio Romano

    Sergio Romano

    Pichler

  • Portrait of Anna Bellato

    Anna Bellato

    Anna

  • Portrait of Sandra Toffolatti

    Sandra Toffolatti

    Elisabetta Gengo

  • Gabriele Benedetti

    Franco

  • Diego Nardini

    Lorenzo Berni

  • Alex Radetic

    Coso

  • Portrait of Tatiana Lepore

    Tatiana Lepore

    Signora Berni

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