HOLY SPIDER – Les nuits de Mashhad de Ali Abbasi
Holy Spiderعنکبوت مقدس
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.
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Cast
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Mehdi Bajestani
Arash Ashtiani
Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Sina Parvaneh
Nima Akbarpour
Sara Fazilat
Alice Rahimi
Ali Nazarian
Sima Seyed
Firouz Ageli
Farhad Faghih Habibi
Mesbah Taleb
Ariane Naziri
Majd Eid
Sohaib Qishta
Maryam Taleb
Salma Alabed
Crew
Patrick Ghislain
Sol Bondy
Mathias Schwerbrock
Julien Naudin
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
René Lay
Lina Nordqvist
Lina Nordqvist
Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Jacob Jarek
Ditte Milsted
Ali Abbasi
Ali Abbasi
Nadim Carlsen
Christina Jæger
Fred Burle
Rasmus Winther Jensen
Eva Åkergren
Martin Dirkov
Gregor Bonse
Tareq Shuqom
Tarik Afifi
Payam Hosseinian
Hanadi Khurma
Urte Amelie Fink
Axel Stock
Birsin Colakoglu
Anna Warfvinge
Afshin Kamran Bahrami
Daniela Ramin
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HOLY SPIDER – Les nuits de Mashhad, titre original Ankabut-e moqaddas de Ali Abbasi
Dans Holy Spider, nous suivons le père de famille Saeed alors qu’il se lance dans sa propre quête religieuse – pour “nettoyer” la ville sainte iranienne de Mashhad des prostituées de rue immorales et corrompues. Après avoir assassiné plusieurs femmes, il devient de plus en plus désespéré par le manque d’intérêt du public pour sa mission divine.
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.
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