The Holy Boy

 

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Produced by: DOMENICO PROCACCI e LAURA PAOLUCCI INES VASILEVIC e STEFANO SARDO Co-prodotto da JOŽKO RUTAR e MIHA ČERNEC

Original title: La Valle dei Sorrisi

A production: FANDANGO, VISION DISTRIBUTION e NIGHTSWIM con SPOK in collaborazione con SKY

Release: 17 september

Genre: DRAMA / HORROR

Runtime: 120' min

Country: Italia, Slovenia

Directed by Paolo Strippoli
Screenplay Jacopo Del Giudice, Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone
D.o.p. Cristiano Di Nicola
Editing Federico Palmerini

Starring Michele Riondino, Paolo Pierobon, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Sergio Romano, Anna Bellato, Sandra Toffolatti, Roberto Citran
and for the first time on the screen Giulio Feltri


When Sergio, a teacher tormented by his past, is transferred to Remis, a secluded village known as the happiest town in Italy, it seems the perfect place for a new start. But Sergio soon discovers that behind the town’s joyful facade lies a dark and disturbing secret. Each week, the villagers gather to meet Matteo, an introverted fifteen-year old. They say Matteo is an angel whose embrace can free one of all pain and sorrow. But as Sergio realizes the village’s relationship to the young man is not as benevolent as it seems, his attempt to save Matteo awakens the darker side of the community, and the boy everyone calls the angel of Remis.