A new US trailer for Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider has been released online. The film will get a release there very soon following its debut at the Cannes film festival earlier this year where it picked up the Best Actress award for Zar Amir Ebrahimi.
The film plays the BFI London Film Festival next week but will get a stateside release on 28th October.
Here’s the synopsis.
Female journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir Ebrahimi) travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer who believes he is doing the work of God, cleansing the streets of sinners by murdering sex workers. As the body count mounts and Rahimi draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain as the ‘Spider Killer’ is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the horrific true story of serial killer Saeed Hanaei, acclaimed writer-director Ali Abbasi (Border) unveils a gripping crime thriller and a daring indictment of a society in which rough justice is routinely a fact of life.
You can check out the brand-new trailer below.
