HOLY SPIDER

ALI ABBASI | DENMARK, GERMANY, SWEDEN, FRANCE | 2022 | 116 MIN | NR | PERSIAN 

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.

Cast: Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad