Holy Spider
Ali Abbasi / 2022

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.

Production: Profile Pictures (DK), One Two Films (DE), Nordisk Film Production (SE), Why Not Productions (FR)
Associate Production & Casting : Alambic

2022