

The Holy Boy
If we could rid ourselves of all our pains, would we still be ourselves?
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $377.9K
- Language
- Italian
- ritual
- teenage boy
- serenity
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Italy, Slovenia
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereFantastic Fest21 Sept 2025
- PremiereRShudder27 Nov 2026
AustraliaAU
- Premiere Fantastic Film Festival Australia 24 Mar 2026
- PremiereGold Coast Film Festival25 Apr 2026
- PremiereNew Farm Queer Film Festival1 Aug 2026
AustriaAT
- PremiereSlash Filmfestival26 Sept 2025
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical16Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival8 Apr 2026
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival 3 Jul 2026
FranceFR
- Theatrical2 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- PremiereFantasy Filmfest White Nights17 Jan 2026
GreeceGR
- Theatrical11 Jun 2026
Hong KongHK
- PremiereItalian Screens31 Oct 2026
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival30 Aug 2025
- Theatrical17 Sept 2025
New ZealandNZ
- PremiereNew Zealand International Film Festival1 Aug 2026
NorwayNO
- PremiereKosmorama Trondheim Film Festival4 Mar 2026
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The Holy Boy was released on 17 September 2025.
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