Holy Spider

Iran 2001, a journalist from Tehran dives into the most notorious suburbs of the holy city of Mashhad to investigate a series of feminicides. She soon finds out that the local authorities are in no hurry to solve the case. These crimes would be the work of a single man, who claims to purify the city of its sins, by attacking prostitutes at night.

Keywords

  • Based on a True Story
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • European Film Awards
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Film Fest Gent !
  • Iranian Cinema
  • Serial Killers
  • Thriller
  • TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival

Actors

  • Zar Amir Ebrahimi
  • Mehdi Bajestani
  • Arash Ashtiani
  • Forouzan Jamshidnejad
  • Sina Parvaneh

Director

  • Ali Abbasi

Crime, Drama


1h 56min


-16

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Denmark
France
Germany
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2022
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers.

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers.


Iran 2001, a journalist from Tehran dives into the most notorious suburbs of the holy city of Mashhad to investigate a series of feminicides. She soon finds out that the local authorities are in no hurry to solve the case. These crimes would be the work of a single man, who claims to purify the city of its sins, by attacking prostitutes at night.

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