Holy Spider movie storyline. Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the ‘Spider Killer’ Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001.
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. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran, the film depicts a fictional female journalist investigating a serial killer.
Holy Spider was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, where Ebrahimi won the Best Actress Award for her performance. It was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist.
Holy Spider (2022)
Directed by: Ali Abbasi
Starring: Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour, Mesbah Taleb, Firouz Agheli, Sara Fazilat, Alice Rahimi
Screenplay by: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Production Design by: Lina Nordqvist
Cinematography by: Nadim Carlsen
Film Editing by: Hayedeh Safiyari, Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Costume Design by: Hanadi Khurma
Art Direction by: Anas Balawi
Music by: Martin Dirkov
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Utopia (United States)
Release Date: May 22, 2022 (Cannes), October 28, 2022 (United States)
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