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La sonrisa del mal (The Holy Boy)

Any de producció
2025
Duració
122 min.
Spanish premiere
Gèneres
Fiction

Sinopsi

When Sergio, a teacher tormented by his past, is transferred to Remis, known as the happiest village in Italy, it seems like the perfect place to make a fresh start. However, something strange is going on there: every week, the villagers meet up with Matteo, an introverted teenage boy whose embrace wards off pain and sorrow. In an attempt to save him from the community's madness, Sergio will unleash the dark side of this seemingly perfect small-town harmony.

Director

Paolo Strippoli

Paolo Strippoli

With a degree in Film Directing from the Experimental Cinematography Center in Rome, he returns to the Festival after presenting Flowing in the Panorama Section in 2022.

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Secció
Noves Visions - Cloenda
Director
Paolo Strippoli

Writer 
Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone, Jacopo Del Giudice 

Cinematographer 
Cristiano Di Nicola 

Editor 
Federico Palmerini 

With 
Michele Riondino, Giulio Feltri, Romana Maggiora Vergano 
Països de producció
Italy
Slovenia
Idiomes
Italian
Idiomes subtítols
English, Spanish

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