Holy Spider

Directed by Ali Abbasi

Written by Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Ali Abbasi, Jonas Wagner, Sune Elskær

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.

Cast

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Rahimi

Mehdi Bajestani

Saeed

?

Arash Ashtiani

Sharifi

Forouzan Jamshidnejad

Fatima

Sina Parvaneh

Rostami

Nima Akbarpour

Judge

Sara Fazilat

Zinab

Alice Rahimi

Somayeh

?

Ali Nazarian

Lawyer

?

Sima Seyed

Saeed's Mother

?

Firouz Ageli

Hagi

?

Farhad Faghih Habibi

Prosecutor