Holy Spider

Holy Spider (Persian: عنکبوت مقدس, romanized: Ankabut-e moqaddas) is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film co-produced, co-written and directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran, the film depicts a fictional female journalist investigating a serial killer.

Holy Spider
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAli Abbasi
Written by
  • Ali Abbasi
  • Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Produced by
  • Sol Bondy
  • Jacob Jarek
  • Ali Abbasi
Starring
  • Mehdi Bajestani
  • Zar Amir Ebrahimi
CinematographyNadim Carlsen
Edited by
Music byMartin Dirkov
Production
companies
  • Profile Pictures
  • One Two Films
  • Why Not Productions
  • Wild Bunch International
  • Nordisk Film Production
Distributed by
  • Alamode Film (Germany)
  • Camera Film (Denmark)
  • TriArt Film (Sweden)
  • Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
Release dates
  • 22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) (Cannes)
  • 13 July 2022 (2022-07-13) (France)
  • 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) (Denmark)
  • 12 January 2023 (2023-01-12) (Germany)
  • 20 January 2023 (2023-01-20) (Sweden)
Running time
117 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Sweden
LanguagePersian
Box office$1.7 million

Holy Spider was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May, where Ebrahimi won the Best Actress Award for her performance. It was chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist.

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