The Holy Boy

Movie · 2h 2m

Starring Michele Riondino, Giulio Feltri, Paolo Pierobon, Romana Maggiora Vergano

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.