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.| Original Title: | عنکبوت مقدس |
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| Status: | Released (2022-07-13) |
| Awards: | 22 wins & 35 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $307,188 |
| Screen: | Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Jonas Wagner |
| Productions: | Profile Pictures, One Two Films, Nordisk Film Sweden, Goodfellas, Film i Väst, Why Not Productions, ZDF/Arte, ARTE France Cinéma, The Imaginarium Films, Rotor Film |
| Production Countries: | Denmark, Jordan, France, Germany, Sweden |
| Spoken Languages: | فارسی |
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- 2511833: Hanadi Khurma - Costume Designer - Costume & Make-Up
- 2117433: Martin Dirkov - Music - Sound
- 1784718: Rasmus Winther Jensen - Sound Editor - Sound
- 1398242: Lina Nordqvist - Set Designer - Art
- 1425110: Olivia Neergaard-Holm - Editor - Editing
- 2168354: Tarik Afifi - First Assistant Director - Directing
- 2122334: Gregor Bonse - Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Sound
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Over a relatively short period of time, over a dozen dead women are found bundled by the roadside - and the police are baffled? The women have not been sexually assaulted, but strangled using a knot tied in their headscarves. Not convinced that everything is being done by the authori ....
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**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com** “Holy Spider” is a disturbing crime thriller that’s based on the true story of the “Spider Killer” Saeed Hanaei, a man who murdered 16 female sex workers in Iran in the early 2000s. It’s a chilling tale of the intersection of religion, ....
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