HOLY SPIDER

By Ali ABBASI

MOIN FILM FUND HAMBURG SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN - as FIN

Crime - Completed 2022

The internationally acclaimed director of Border returns with a provocative, pitch black thriller.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2022
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Crime, Thriller, Drama
    • Countries
    • DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FARSI
    • Duration
    • 115 mn
    • Director(s)
    • 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.