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Jan 13, 2023 · With Alice Rahimi, Diana Al Hussen, Soraya Helli, Mehdi Bajestani. A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ali Abbasi
- 2023-01-13
Holy Spider (Persian: عنکبوت مقدس, romanized: Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film co-produced, co-written and directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi.
Oct 28, 2022 · The film dramatizes the true story of a serial killer who murdered 16 prostitutes in 2000-2001. Saeed Hanaei was a laborer and Iran-Iraq War veteran who reportedly began his crime spree when someone mistook his wife for a prostitute.
Oct 28, 2022 · In HOLY SPIDER, we follow family man Saeed as he embarks on his own religious quest -- to "cleanse" the holy Iranian city of Mashhad of immoral and corrupt...
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- Zar Amir-Ebrahimi
- Ali Abbasi
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Oct 27, 2022 · Directed by the Denmark-based Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, the movie tells the story of Saeed Hanaei (Mehdi Bajestani), a construction worker and war veteran in Mashhad, Iran, who...
- Ali Abbasi
- Devika Girish
- 116 min
May 22, 2022 · Iranian-born director Ali Abbasi revisits the 2001 case of a faith-driven murderer in a well-observed if unexpectedly linear thriller. By Jessica Kiang. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. It is ...
May 22, 2022 · Holy Spider frames the killer’s story as a twisted game of cat and mouse, cutting between Saeed as he picks up women on his motorcycle, takes them back to an apartment and strangles them to...
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