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Holy Spider

Holy Spider

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Holy Spider

2022

1h 58m

7.3(536 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

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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One Two Films

Nordisk Film Sweden

Film i Väst

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ZDF/Arte

ARTE France Cinéma

The Imaginarium Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Rahimi

Mehdi Bajestani

Mehdi Bajestani

Saeed

Arash Ashtiani

Sharifi

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fatima

Sina Parvaneh

Sina Parvaneh

Rostami

Nima Akbarpour

Nima Akbarpour

Judge

Sara Fazilat

Sara Fazilat

Zinab

Alice Rahimi

Alice Rahimi

Somayeh

Ali Nazarian

Lawyer

Sima Seyed

Saeed's Mother

Creative team

Directed by: Ali Abbasi
Written by: Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Ali Abbasi
Produced by: Sol Bondy
Jacob Jarek

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