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Film show: Iranian serial killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ weaves a chilling web

By France24
15 July 2022   |   2:18 pm
Director Ali Abasi paints an unforgiving picture of institutional misogyny, corruption and the power of the court of public opinion in Iran, as he revisits a series of murders in the holy city of Mashhad. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the award for Best Actress for her performance as a journalist trying to uncover the killer.

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