HOLY SPIDER
by Ali Abbasi
synopsis
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 street prostitutes. After murdering several women, he grows ever more desperate about the lack of public interest in his divine mission.
| international title: | Holy Spider |
| original title: | Holy Spider |
| working title: | The Long Night |
| country: | Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden |
| sales agent: | Goodfellas |
| year: | 2022 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Ali Abbasi |
| film run: | 115' |
| screenplay: | Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami |
| cast: | Zar Amir, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Nima Akbarpour, Sara Fazilat, Sima Seyed, Alice Rahimi, M. Ali Nazarian |
| cinematography by: | Nadim Carlsen |
| film editing: | Olivia Neergaard-Holm |
| art director: | Lina Nordqvist |
| costumes designer: | Hanadi Khurma |
| music: | Martin Dirkov |
| producer: | Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek |
| co-producer: | Fred Burle, Eva Åkergren |
| production: | ONE TWO Films, Profile Pictures, Why Not Productions, Nordisk Film Production AB |
| backing: | Eurimages |
Photogallery 23/05/2022: Cannes 2022 - Holy Spider
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Ali Abbasi, Nima Akbarpour, Sara Fazilat, Mesbah Taleb, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani
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