The Holy Boy

La valle dei sorrisi

Also known as L'estranea, L'angelo infelice, 微笑村恐怖事件, 홀리 보이

“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.