Directed by Paolo Strippoli
(A Classic Horror Story, the upcoming The Spiral)Starring Michele Riondino and Giulio Feltri
Written by Paolo Strippoli, Jacopo Del Giudice, Milo Tissone
Streaming on Shudder Starting Friday, November 27th
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**Fantastic Fest – WINNER: Audience Award and New Wave Best Director**
**Venice Film Festival – Official Selection**
**BFI London Film Festival – Official Selection**“A clever, creepy Italian chiller. Under cover of an enjoyably eerie horror movie, director Paolo Strippoli investigates the dangers of displaced grief.. Maintaining its moral ambivalence even as it ramps up to a spectacular finale.”
– Jessica Kiang, VARIETY“A holy experience in folk horror worth canonizing. Director Paolo Strippoli’s immensely unsettling Italian chiller The Holy Boy reaches straight through the chest to grab hold of your heart and squeeze it dry.”
– Chad Collins, DREAD CENTRAL“An intriguing chiller that is more interested in trying to disturb viewers than in simply grossing them out. A precise and cutting examination of the perils of trying to offload one’s own personal pain onto someone else.”
– Peter Sobczynski, ROGER EBERT. COM
UPCOMING SCREENINGS Friday, November 20th at 9pm
NEW YORK – Soho House and Ludlow House
LOS ANGELES – Soho House West Hollywood
CHICAGO – Soho HouseSunday, November 22nd at 7pm
NEW YORK – The Twisted Spine (Brooklyn)Monday, November 23rd at 9pm
AUSTIN – Soho House
NASHVILLE – Soho House
Sergio (Michele Riondino), a teacher tormented by his past is transferred to Remis, a secluded village known as the happiest town in Italy. But Sergio soon discovers that behind the town’s joyful facade lies a disturbing secret: Each week, the villagers gather to hug Matteo (Giulio Feltri), an introverted fifteen-year-old whose embrace can free one of all pain and sorrow. As Sergio uncovers that the village’s devotion to Matteo is far from benevolent, his attempt to rescue the boy known as the Angel of Remis ignites the community’s vengeful nature.
